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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1957.07.01151 JuIy 1, 1957 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At rro lrd from Mayon Rooth, all ln the Councl1 Chamber arose and gavothe Pledgc of Allegianco to the F1ag. ROLL CALL A regulan meetlng of the Burllngane Clty Councll wag he1d. on the above glven date. Meetlng called to or'aler at 8:05 p.m. - the Councllflrst havlng met as a Board of Equalizatlon on thls dato, as requlnedby law. Pr6sent - Councilnon: Absent - Councllmen: }trNUTES PREVIOUS MEETII{G Pearson & De1 Preta 21911 Broadway ButldJ.ng Redrooal Clty, CaJ-tf ornl.a. Byr:d- Johns on-Mor.gan-Rooth-Thayer l{one Amount Thc mLnutss of thc prevlous meetlng of June L7, L957, as sutmlttedto nembcrs of the Council wer:c unanlmously approved and ad.cpted on motlon of Counc llman Johnson and seconded by Councllman Byrd. B]DS . ANNUAL AUDI? Mayor Rooth announced that thls was the tlne and placo scheduled, pursuant to notLce, to recelve proposals for the audlt of the fln- ancLal rccords and account s of the Clty of Burl lngame for th€ flscelyear ended June 30r 1957. The follorlng proposals receLved from ce:.tifled publlc accountants, werc opened and decfarod as follows: $ 8z5.oo Vlctor Eontg L55 Montgonery Streot, Sen Franclsco, Cal lforn!.a. C. E. Uhlenbcrg & Co. 11O Sutter Street, SBn Franclsco, Ca11fo:rn1a. $ 1,095.00 $ 1,500.00 John G. Madahrx 63 East Founth Averu6, San Mateor CaL lfornla.$ 9oo.oo Roblnson, l{owelL & Co. Cnockcr BIttB. ,San Franclsco-l+r Callfonrla. $ SZ5.OO Cor:ncllman Morgan moved thet the 1ow bld. subnitted by Peanson end. De Prete, ln the anrount of $875.00 be acceptad, seconded by Councll- nan Bynd and, unanlmously carrl.ed. COM}ONICATIONS I PROI"IOTION.ADVERTISING CONTRACT - CEA}IBER OF COMMERCE A conurrrnt catlon dated Junc 28 Maneger, subrillttlng a contrac m6rc6, for the advertlsLng anper{od, July 1, 1957 to June 957, was recelved froru the Clty rom ths Burlingame Chamber of Com- romotion of the Clty for the flscal L958. ,1tfdp 3o, Thcnc belng no obJectlons, the subject was held for a brfuet study mectlng end a subseqrent pubLlc hearing on the budget. Burll,ngame, Cal1f ornla 15?-. 2. 1957-t958 BUDGE! &ESQI,UTIQI'I l[!, 39:51'rApprovl ng Cer.tlflcat Payment , 1,1111s Es tate No . 11 rr was lntroduce moved Lts passage, seconded by Counc 11nan J adopted upon ro11 ca1l. RESoLUTI0N No. l+0-57 rof Inte A connrrrnicatlon dated June 28, 1957, was received from the Clty Man-agen, accortrpanled. by a nevlsed proposed 1957 -L958 Bufuet. Mayor Rooth announced. that a publlc hearlng on the proposed. J-957 -1958Budget had been sche&.r1ed for Monday, July 29r 1957, at 8 otclock p.m RESOT1ITIONS e of Completed l{ork for d. by Councllman Byrd uho ohns on and unanlmous 1y ffiandMIIIg age upon motion of Councllman, secondod by Councl lnan Blrrd and unan- lmously carrled upon ro11 caI1. ntLon to Make Cbarges and Mottlflcatlons Estato No. llrt was lntroducod for peas- San 1n- aOC- RESOLUTIoN N0. [1-57 rrEndorslng the Pnogram and Purposes of the Mateo County Soclety for CrLppled Ch11d!sn and Adults, Inc.tr was tro&rced on motl,on of Coun cl lman Jolns on, who moved lts passage, onded by Councllman Byrd and unanlmously carrled upon ro11 ca11. The Chal. r advLsed that cltles wlthin the County of San Mateo hevc adopted simllan r.esolutlons endo::sing the slms and pur?os€s of theSociety for Cnlppled Chlldren and Adults. I]NF"INISEED BUSINESS 1. JOSEPE E. AIIOROSO APPOINTED AS FIRWAN Councl lman Johnson moved that Joseph E. Amonoso, 110 Edlson Stneet, South San Fl.anclsco, next ellglble on thc Ilst for the posltlon of Flr.enan, be appol,ntetl to f111 an exlstlng vacancy, subJect to thercquired nrles and regulatlons of Clvll Servlce. lho motlon was seconded by Councllnan By:rd and the appolntment conflrmcd by a unan- lmous vote. 2. PROPOSED COIII{TY CONTRACT TO PROVIDE IIUI,IANE SERVICE In responsc to the Chal:rt s lnquiry, the Clty Managen advlsed, of thc appnoprlate proccdure to sollclt County asslstarce ln providlng a humane servlce to the Ctty. councl lman Morgan recommended that actLon bc rlthheld pendlng a con- ference wlth the Cltyl s LLconse Collector and a dlscusslon on th6 subJect subsequent to the scheduled budget hearlDg. Actlon rras thereupon rlthheId. NSW BUSINESS 1. APPOI}IT},IE{T JOHN MACEESY TO RECREATION COMMISSION Mayor Rooth subraltted the name of Mr. John Machesy, 1535 Columbus Avenue, as a momber of the Rec:reatlon Conmlsslon, to f111 the vac- ancy createtl by the neslgnatlon of Mr. Bernard L. Ha1.lock. lhc ap- pointment of Mr. I{achesy was uranlmously eonflrmed by nrenb er.s of the Councll and hls priosence at the meetlng was acknowletlged. 2. REFENENCE TO IEGISLATION RE SMALL CRAFT HARBORS CouncLlman Byrd. nefcrned to legls1atLve bllIs deslgned 1n the lnter-est of sns1I cr.aft ha:rbor.s and proposlng the croatlon of a ner div-lsion ln the Department of Natural Rosources to be known as ttre SrnaII Craft Harbors Cormlssl"on. CouncLlman Byr:d submLtted the name of Mr. B. J. Edrandg r 1429 Pah Drlvee BurlS.ngamc, and moved that hls nrr€ bc subnltted to the Gov- errlor aE a potentlal menben of the proposcd CommLsslon. The motlon was socondod by Counc lJ.man thaye:r, who expressed ber pensonal ap- proval to the selectlon of Mr. Edwards. The motlon nas thereafter unanlmously carried. 153 3.APPEABANCE PROPERTIES ON OAK GROVE AVq'IUE AND CAROLAN AVM{UE It{r. Robert E. Doss, 722 Ll.nded Avenuo, addresssd the Councll and was hear.d appeaLlng to the Counell that the unslghtly appearance of clty- ownod rlght-of-uay p:ropenty on oak Grovc Avenue and CaroLan Avenue(houslng a day nur:sery) and the property at tho rear of stores on Osk Gnove Avenue ( Lang pnoperty) be corrected. Photographs we:re submltted by M:r. Doss !o substantlate hls complaint. lbe City Maneger was requost6d to lnvestlgate both complaints. Councllman Morgan, speaklng as Cba5.rmsn of the Councll Fl-nance C orn-mlttee, :recomntonded th.at the budget lnclude lnformatlon on the valueof clty propo:rtlos, rentals rocelved and speciflc lnstructlons lnso-fan as malntenance l.s concerned. C ounc llmatl Morgan epnessed the oplnlon that the budget should funther lncl,ude a sum to c omnrence the proposed extenslon of Ca:ro1an Avenue . 4.AMERICAN I,EGION INVITATION TO ATTB{D INSTALI,ATION A comnunl,caLlon dated June 24, 1957, was read from the Burllngame Post No. 161, Amerlcan Leglon, extendlng aJr lnvltetlon to mernber:s ofthe CorrncLl to attend an lnstallatlon Thursday, Juty 18, 1957, 8:00olclock, p.m. Mayor" Rooth urged. mamber.s of the Councl I to attondsald lnstallatlon cenemonles. 5. M4PLOYEES RENEWED REQUEST FOR TB{ PERCENT INCREASE A letter dated July I, 1957 t was read fnorn the Chalrnun of the Boardof Dlrectors of the Burllngame Clvl1 Servlce Brployees I Assoclatlon, advl slng that the najorlty nembershlp of the Assoclatlon had voted. the proposad flve percont wage lncr:ease as Lnadequato and had request- ed consldsratlon to the or:lglnaI petltlon for a ten porcent increase. CouncLlnan Morgan, Ghalrman of the Councll Flnance Comrlttce, ad,vlsedthet the proposed bufuet lncludes a nflatrt fJ.ve percent lncnease, but f lnal. actlon by the Councll would be detsrml-ned subsequent to the pro- posed public hearLng. Councllman llorgan stated that mambers of the Po1lce Depantment have lndlcated thelr desire to negotLat€ lndopendently from ottrer employeegroups and suggestedthat members of the Councll express thelr vLews. Councllmen Byr.d stated that he had no obJectlon, provlded., th6 Ctty Manager and the members of the Clvll Servlce Comnlsslon are lnrritedto attend at such tlme as an independent neeting may be he1d. Questioned by the Chair, John Drury, ghal rnan of the Board. of Dlr.ectonsof the Bqcloyeesr Assoclatlon, advised that the maJor.lty of the employ- aes wer6 of the oplnion that the pnoposed flve percent increase was lnaalequate to meet r.ls lng costs and wage schedules of other cltles. Speaklng as s.n lndlvlduaL memb er of the Pollce DepartrEnt, offLcer Drury c onfirmed thE statement made by Cbuncl Lman Morgan regardlng lnd6p6ndont negotlatlons but advlsed that he was unaware that Councllman Morgan had been personally approached. ADJOURNMEBIT F6l1owlng a bnlef dlscus s lon,at 9:00 orclock p. m. the meeting theneafter regularly adJourned Respectfully submltted . WI{ITE APPROVED: CHARLES I,'1. ROOrE MAYOR C]TY CLERK