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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07011937r ef -oper years ruinates CC shown 'ed by. urned . BEGINNING FISCAL YEAR. 1967-1938 City Hall, Palo Alto, California July 1, 1937. The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date at 7:30 P.M., for the .purpose of reorganization. The meeting was , called to order by the City Clerk who asked for nominations for Mayor pro tem. Ch motion of good and. Costello, Councilman Collins was nominated and elected Mayor pro tem and took the chair. Roll ca.li as follows: Present: Blois, Bonham., Cashel, Collins, Costello, Cypher, Goddard, ors. Merner, itchel1, Cosner, Richards, Salsman, Thoits, Thomas, livood. Absent: None. . iection of Mayor The Council 'proceeded to the election of .a Mayor for tie fiscal year 1937-1938. -Councilmen Goddard and Richards were appointed tellers. • On the first ballot, Councilman ,r�. slsman received 8 votes and Councilman Henry C. Collins 7 votes. :fir. Sa.Lsman., raving received a majority of the votes of the Council, was declared elected Mayor for the ensuing year and took the chair. A,p oointment of Officials The Council now proceeded to ballot for the appoint- ment of city officials for: the fiscal year 1937-1938. Councilmen Bonham and Richards were appointed tellers. The ballot for City Assessor resulted in 14 votes for L. E. Taylor and: 1 vote for Winifred Kidd. Mr. Taylor,: having received a majority of the votes, was declared elected City Assessor. ti. ball:ot .as taken for City Auditor. .E. V. ?ering received the unanimous vote of the Council and was declared elected City Auditor. for v.as The ballot for City Attorney resulted in 14 votes Arnold Rurriwel i., one blank ballot Lei ng cast. Jar. Rumv.ell ceclared elected City Attorney. .ors Winifred Kidd received the unanimous vote of Council Council for the office of City Clerk and was declared elected. Judge John E. Springer received the unanimous vote of the Council for Police Judge and v:s.s declared elected. The ballot for. Tax Collector resulted in 9 votes for Gorge E. King .and 5 . votes for N. f . Giae =er, one blank ballot being cast. Cdr. King, having received a ma;ority of the votes, was declared elected Tax Collector. A ballot was then taken for the office of City Treasurer,' with 12 votes for W. C. Cobb, three blank ballots being cast. Mr. Cobb was declared elected City Treasurer. The City s-ttorney advised tat the ordinance providing for the appointment by the Council of a Personnel Officer does not, prescribe a definite term; that :fir. i,ou.is Olsen, the present Personnel Officer, was not appointed for a definite term and is serving at the pleasure of the Council. On :iioticrz of Mitc eil :and Richards, the election of a Personnel Officer was omitted. Appointments eats to Boards, L ef erre On motion of: Cashel and Mosher, the appointment of .a member ; of the Board of "corks, vice 0. x . Campbell, term expired, the appointment of a member of the Board ` of Safety vice Andre: V T; ioy, term expired, the appointment of a member of the Library Board vice H. A. Mason, term expired., each :or a six -year term,>. and the appointment of a member of: the Library Board for the term ending June 30, 1 11 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Gertrude ": arx, 'ere deferred until the next regular meeting, by the following vote on roll call: e. Ayes: Bonham,. Cashel, Collins, Costello, Goddard, Mrs. Merner, Mosher, Richards, 'Salsman; Wood. Noes= Blois, Cypher, Mitchell, Thoits, Thomas. The City .Attorney advised that the Board menb whose terns expired on June 30th would hold over until. tI. 1a successors are appointed. Appointments ents to Commission -nu Committees DeferJ_ ec The Mayor announced that he would defer -as no;ainatiofs of members to the Community Center Commission, vice Mrs. Louis Stern and Howard C. Ray, and nis appointments of members to the standing committees of the Council until the next regular meeting. Submission of Assess ;gent Rolls A communication was received from the City Assessor submitting for equalization the assessment rolls of all property in the City of Palo Alto i or the fiscal year 19:x7-iJZ8. On motion of Thoits and Wood., the City Clerk .y.a.s directed to publish a notice as required by ordinance that the assessment rolls are open to tae inspection of the eublic and that the Council will meet as a :Soars: of Equalization on Monday, August 2, 1937, at 10 A. . Reports oJ. Officials icials On motion of Mitchell and Mosher, the reports of ;he Auditor and Treasurer for the month of June were accepted ._.nd placed on file. The Auditor presented closing entries for the year 1936-37, as follows: Water Fund Light Fund Gas Fund Destructor Fund O,x:24.✓5 86,253.42 47,770.70 10,583..01 Ny General : hued iN.i64,662.08 ?eso. anc. Sa1sra.r. of the : a.: was adopted be prs par€c. council mee to etucy th The City- CI a complete sne wo:i.id reports a,.%J LT suffictie ;hat the he Y e meet war en possible ;.o ,councie doe council mee the A.ayor JEaVC .c. state for a,.:c. .dos ;per Resolution Abolishing Office o3' Special Representative of the r aver Resolution No. 1159, presented by Councilmen Bonham and Saisman., abolishing the office of special representative of the Mayor and repealing Resolution No. 1072, was read. On motion of Thomas and Richards, this resolution was adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. Council Dockets Councilman Richards suggested. that she council dockets be prepared if possible two or three days in advance of the council meetings so that the members might have an opportunity to study the items coming before the council for consideration. "'he City Clerk stated ,that it is usually impossible to prepare a complete docket before the day of a council meeting but that she would be giaa to do. so if the various communications, reports and documents could be furnished tae Clerk's office in sufficient time. It was suggesteu by uuacilman L,cstello that the various boards and committees might be requested to meet ear enough in advance of a council meeting to make it possible to secure their reports in sufficient time so that the council dockets might be printed on the iatu+rday before a counci.i meeting. After aiscu:ssion, the matter was referred to the : ayor and City Clerk for investigation. Leave to Councilman Cypher .Councilman Cypher requested permission to leave the state for a short time, possibly a month. motion of Richards a la Mosher the request was granted. On motion, the Council adjourned. APPROVED Oi'i' J. Mayor •