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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-08-11240 Council Chamber Santa Ana City Hall. August ll, 1952. 7:30 P.M. City Council met in adjourned regular session. Meeting called to order by the Mayor. Present: Trustees William Jerome, J. L. McBride, Orson H. Hunter, Milford W. Dahl, Courtney R. Chandler. Absent: Trustees None. A previous meeting and hearings having been scheduled by the Planning Commission in the Council Chamber, the City Council adjourned its meeting to the Mayor's Office. ,, Captain James Klepper presented a In Re Reeuests S.A. Firemen's Benevolent Assn. Inc. men's Benevolent Association, Inc. as follows: 1. 2. 3. co~munication, of the Santa Ana Fire- setting forth requests voted upon, Contact the City Council and req,~st a 20% salary increase. If this is refused request a 60 hour work week. If this is refused request the City Council to place the 60 hour work week on the November 1952 ballot. If the Council refuses we will circulate petitions to secure the r~quired amount of signatures. Discussions were had on the cost involved, number of additional men required for a sixty hour work week and comparisons made with other cities of comparable size and on motion of Trustee Dahl, seconded by Hunter and carried, the communication was received and filed. On motion of Trustee Dahl, seconded by McBride and carried, the request for a 20% increase in salary was denied. Commenting that the request for a sixty hour work week would require twelve additional men in the Department, it was moved by Trustee 241 In Re 5th Step Salaries for Firemen In Re Budget 1952-53 In Re Ord. No. 1346 Tax Rate 1952-53 In Re Complaint on Classified Adv. Rates Telephone Directory In Re Adv. for Cast Iron Water Pipe In Re Reso. No. 52-69 Approv. Supplemental Agreement to enter into Contract with State Employees' Retire- System (J.O. Sewer) Jerome, seconded by Hunter and carried, that the request be rejected. On motion of Trustee Hunter, seconded by McBride and carried, the request to place the sixty hour work week on the November ballot, was denied for lack of facts, funds and time. It was moved by Trustee Dahl, seconded by Hunter and carried, that the Fire Chief and Administrator be instructed to review the salary schedule with a view to an increase to the fifth step for merit increases for the Fire Department. The assessed valuation for the City of Santa Ana having been fixed as $65,069,450.00 for the year 1952-53, on motion of Trustee Jerome, seconded by Hunter and carried, the budget for the year as presented, was adopted and the Administrator instructed to file a copy with the City Clerk. With the addition of the Townsend Annexation exclusion, it was moved by Trustee Dahl, seconded by Hunter and carried, the following Ordi- nance entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Santa Ana, California, fixing the amount of money ascertained to carry on the various departments of the City of Santa Ana, to pay the bonded indebtedness falling due for the current year 1952-1953, fixing the rate of taxation for the current year 1952-1953, and designating the number of cents on e~ch $100.00 for the various funds of said City, on the whole of the taxable property of said City as set by the County Assessor of the County of Orange, State of California and equalized by the Board of Supervisors of said County, and hereby levied on the whole of the taxable property of said City." was read, considered, designated Ordinance No. 1346 and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Trustees William Jerome, J. L. McBride, Oreon H. Hunter, Milford W. Dahl, Courtney R. Chandler. Noes, Trustees None Absent, Trustees None. . A hearing having been given officials of the Telephone Company, it was moved by Trustee Dahl, seconded by Hunter and carried, that the previous action of the Council be confirmed and the City Attorney instructed to file a complaint immediately with the Public Utilitie Commission protesting the proposed increase in rates for classified advertising in the Orange County~ Telephone Directory. On recommendation of the Engineer and on motion of Trustee Da~l, seconded by Hunter and carried, the Clerk was authorized to advertise for bids for 10,000 feet of 6" and 2,000 feet of ~" cast iron water pipe, bids to be opened September 2nd. On motion of Trustee McBride, seconded by Hunter and carried, the following Resolution entitled: "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana approving a Supplemental~greement to be made and entered into by and between the Cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange, and Santa Ana, and the Buena Park, Garden Grove, La Habra and Placentia Sanitary Districts, creating an Executive Committee and conferring certain powers upon said ~ommittee and authorizing said Executive Committee to enter into a Contract with the Board of Administration of the State~ Employees' Retirement System, and amending Supplemental Agreements heretofore made and entered into." was read, considered, designated Resolution No. 52-69 and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Trustees William Jerome, J. L. McBride, Orson H. Hunter, Milford W. Dahl, Courtnsy R. Chandler. Noes, Trustees None Absent, Trustees None. In Re Appointments Executive Com. Retirement Contract for J.0.Sewer Employees On motion of Trustee Dahl, seconded by Jerome and carried, Trustee J. L. McBride was appointed the designated representative of the Execu- tive Com~ittee empowered to enter into a contract with the Board of Administration of the State Employees' Retirement System for the Joint Outfall Sewer Employees. On motion of Trustee Hunter, seconded by Jerome and carried, Mayor Courtney R. Chandler was appointed to serve as alternate representative In Re Ordinance No. 1347 Approving "North Main Street Annexation" of the Executive Committee. On motion of Trustee Jerome, seconded by Dahl and carried, ing Ordinance entitled: "An Ordinance approving the Annexation of that certain territory designated 'North Main Street Anne×ation'" the follow- was read, considered, designated Ordinance No. 1347 and passed by the following vote: In Re Reso. No. 52-70 Accept. Easement Deeds (So. Main St.) Ayes, Trustees William Jerome, J. L. McBride, Orson H. Hunter, Milford W. Dahl, Courtney R. Chandler. Noes, Trustees None Absent, Trustees None. On motion of Trustee Dahl, seconded by Hunter and carried, the follow- lng Resolution entitled: "Resolution Accepting Two Easement Deeds" from Earl O. Conrad, etux. and John J. Fullenwider, etux. conveying real property for the widening of South Main Street, was read, con- sidered, designated Resolution No. 52-70 and passed by the following vote: Aye s, Milford W. Dahl, Courtney R. Chandler. Noes, Trustees None Absent, Trustees None. On motion of Trustee Dahl, Trustees William Jerome, J. L. McBride, Orson H. Hunter, Council adjourned. APPROVED: Mayor oj~ the City of Santa Aha. seconded by Hunter and carried, the City City Clerk'.