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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1955.12.05I :) F' -1o{ ( 1 amo Ca]- ifornl a Decembe:r 5 1955 A-regular meellng of the Burllngamo clty council was held on the aboveglven dlate. The moetlng was called to 6rder at g:AO p.m. - Mayo::Morgan ln the Chalr. CALL TO ORDER, SATUTE TO TI{E FLAG INVOCATTON The Reverend Ray F. Klblerrgavo the Invocatlon. ROLL CALL Jn.r Luthenan Church of the Good. Shepherd, *t -r,gTd f::om^Mayor Mongan, all anose and we:re Ied by John Levy and Dlckil_odgklnson, cub scouts, T:roop No. 14, in the Salute-and the piedge ofAlleglance to the FIag. Pre s ent Abs ent TfiNUTES - Councllmen I Byrd- Johnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayer - Councllnen: None PNEV]OUS MEETTNGS Ttre mlnutes of the negular meetLng of November e1, 19ss, as submitted. tomenbens of the cotrncilr- wene trnaaimous 1y approved- md aaottea on motlonof C ounc ilrnan Rooth arrd seconded by Councliian Johnson. The nlnutes. of th€ speclal_meetlng of November ig, Lgss, as submltted tououncll memters-, were unallnously approved and adopted 6n rnotlon ofGouncLlman Rooth and seconded by councllman Thayer, wlth a corroctLonthat the vrord trhlgherrr posLtton- (Lleut€nant ) Ue-arenged to trlowenr - -- posltlon ( Lteutenant ). A communicatlon dated Decembe:: 2, 1gSS, from G. J. Marr, D1l:,ector3of Publlc works, :recommendlng the appointnent of a utlIlty Man in thest"eet Department, _was concurlr3ed ln- on motlon of corurcllmln nyrd whonoved that Ha:ro1d J. Felnardyf ry9. I on the ellglble Ilst, be- appolnted,subJect to civl1 se::vLce r.eguiatlons and effectlve upon avar:.auiirty oi'the appllcant. The motlon was seconded by Councilman Rooth andunanlmously car.rled. COMMIINICATI OIIS 1. APPOINTMEM HAR OLD J.RETNARDY, Ut11ltv MaJI.Street Dept. 2. APPOINTMEIiT LE ON J.PAREl,ll'I. Gardenen.Park Deoar tment 6. PffiMIT T0 IiIAINTAIN S IGN - ASSOCIATM CONSTRUCTION CO. A commlnlcatlon dated I'Iovembe:: 29, lgss, firom park superlntendentJures Fnanca::d, nequestlng the appolntm6nt of a ga:r.dener to f111 an ex-tstlng vacancy wa.s concurred 1n on motlon of councl lman Johnson who movedthat Leon J. Parenti, groundsman ln the pa::k Depar: tment, and., No. I onthe e1lglb1e 11st for the posltlon of Ga:rdener, - be appointed, effoctlveDecember 16, 19ss. - The motlon was s econdecl by- counciiman ry::a anaunanlmously carnled. A request fnom the Assoclated constnuctlon and Engineerlng company,dated Novemben 10, 1955, fon pe:rmls sl on to allow tho en6ctlon oi conlsttuctLon sLgns at a new bulLding slte, was concurired ln on motlon ofcouncilman- Bynd, who moved that per.mtsilon bo granted wlth the under-standing. that tE.o slgns shaI1 be removed upcln iompretlon of urrr rarngconstructlon. The motLon was seconded by Councilman Thayer and rm--arLmously ca.nried. 378 4. BURTINGAME C]VIC IMPROVEMEI\IT CLUB RE: CIVIL SERVICE & ]NITIATII/E ORDINANCE Comrmrnlcatlons dated Decemben 2, 1955, from the Burllngame Clvlc Inprovement C1ub, Inc., relatlve to Clvlc Civl1 Servlce ard a pro- posed lnltlatlve ordlnance were neceLved and placed on fiIe. 5. CIIAIIBER 0F COMMERCE COMIVIENDATION T0 CITY COUNCIL A letter dated December 2, 1955, was read fi:om tho President of the Bur.lingame Chamber of Commorco, commendlng members of bhe Councll for lts cooporatlon and asslstance durlng 1955. The Chalr acla:rowledged lts contents and accompanylng slgnatures of the Board of Dl,rectors andOfflcers of the Chamber of Commerce. A recess was declarred at 8:45 p.m. CALL TO ORDM The neetlng reconv€ned at 9:Oo p.m. RESOLUTTONS 1. Councllman Byr.d. moveil that RESOLUTION TVO. EfiSS rrAuthorlzlne the Ex- ecutlon d. Iss eofaPe t to the Soutlrenn Pacl flc a or atl on To Construct and erat e D 11 rac Acros s Ro11lns Road.ll e rea yt 1e an er"eaf er introduced said es olut on for: a op oll r seconded by Councllman Rooth and unanlmously carnied on ro11 call of members . 2. CouncLlman By rd moved that RESOIUTION N0. 97-55 "9.&T_of-.au1aiss@, t Street Ll ht rovement Dlstrlct No Provi for N tlce of F111 of Assessment be rea v tle and ther.eafter lntroduced sa1 Resolutlon for adoptlon, soconded by CouncJ.lman Johnson and unan- Lmously adopted on ro11 call of Members. 5. RESoLUTTON N0. 98-55 rrFl Schedule o Fees Fo:r t U on €lrd For3 D.m at the iliunl cl aI Dum was Lntnoduced by C ouncl.lmsn ooth who moved lts a optlone secon e y Councllman Byr"d. and adopted ruran- lmously on ro11 call of membe::s. Cor:ncLlman Rooth advLsed. that bona-flde 1ega1 :resLdents of the Clty of Burllngame wlll not be affected by the pr:oposed schedule of fees. ORDTNANCES CONSIDEAAT]ON OF ORDTNANCES Ordlnsrce No. 611 rrRe peallng Sectlon 1625 of the Or'dlnance Code of the City o?-EurlffiSame-Flx-1ng Charges and Ratos fo:r DisposLng of Materlal, Rubbls Refuse and Ganden Cuttlngs ln the Ctty FII-J- located Near the Sewage h, Dlsposal Plant rr was glven second noadLng. Councllman Byrd moved the passage of sdd ordinance, secondod by Councilman Rooth and adopted by the followlng vote ! Ayes: CouncLlmen: Noes: Corrncllmen: Bynd- Johns on-Morgan -Ro oth-T hayor None UMINISI{ED BUSINESS 1. SpeciqL con slderatLon noquested b v employees Corrncllman Rooth advlsed that the speclal nequests fon salary adJust- nents datlng from 1954 anil refenned to the Councll Budget Commlttee for consideratlon during the cument flscal perlod, had been thoroughly studled and the rocommendatLon of tho Commlttee refenred thoreafter to the Councll as a whole. A motlon was lntroduced by Councllman Rooth thet the salanles of the followlng clty positlons be adJusted accordlngly and that the classlflcatlon of rrbookkeeper-cashl errr in the lvater Depart- ment be changed to that of rrofflce mantagertt ln the Water Depantment: RECESS I 379 $g?s.oo 500.00 360.oo 575.0O 575. OO 625.O0 500.00 400. oo 'that the matte:: of Tree Trlmmer" Foneman referred to the Comml,sslon andall other requests bo denled. The motlon was seconded by CouncllmanThayer elad unanimously carnled. 0rdinance No. 612. amendlng the salany ordLnance to include theabove adjustments, was lntnoduced by Councl lman Rooth for flrst reading. _ The Mayor submltted'the namo of Mn. Edwand llovey, Jn., 1449 BornalAvcnue, BrrlLngane, as a member of tho Clvl1 Se:rvlc6' Conmlsslon to fl1Itho vacancy. The appolntnent was rlnanl mous 1y confl:rned by membors ofthe'Counc11. Ivt:. Ilovey, ln attendance, aclmowlodged the appolntment. RECESS. The Cha1r necossed the neetlD€ at 9320 p.m. CALL TO ORDER. Tho meetlng was ca1led to order at 9:35 p,m. by Mayor Morgan. N}]!"l BUSINESS (cont. ) 3. ACKIVOWI,EDGEMEMT TO OFF.STREET PARKING COMil1ITTEE 1. 4. 6. 7. a Rec::eatlon Supenvlsor Bul ldlng Inspecto:r Bookkeeper-Cashler (0tftce L(anager) Doputy CIty Clerk Deput y Clty TreasunerAsslstant Clty EnglneenCity Electrlclan Asslstant 01ty Electnlclan per month fl tl n it ll tl I It tl tl tl rt tl 1. RESIGNATION }INVRY L.BACCALA, CIVIL SERVICE COM..{ISSIONL]R A lettor dated Novenben 25, 1955, was nead fr:om Een::y L. Baccala,subnlt tlng hls reslgnatlon as a membor of the Clvll'Servlce CommissLon, due to buslness conditlons. Councllman Brr d. moved that the reslgnatlonbe accepted with regnet end that an apprroprlate cor,ttuni catl on si[nedby each member of the courcl.l be dlnocted-to former' commls s loner-BaccaIa, soconded. by Councllman Thayer and unanll?lously carrled. 2. APPOTMMM'IT EIIlIARD HEVEY.JR.. CIVIL.SERVICE COMM ]SSI ON The Chafu nequested that a commrnlcatlon of commendat i.on, bearlngthe slgnatunes of the members of the Councll, be directed to Mn.Rlchand Mlnorr Chalrnan, and members of tho Cttlzenst Off-strect PerklnsCommlttee. A motlon was theroafter lntroduced by Councllma:r Hooth that the commlttee be d!.schar.ged, seconded by Councllman Byrd and un- anlmous J-y ca:r.rLed. 4. COLLECTION FEiiS AT CITY DUMP CouncLlman Rooth and. Po1lce Chlef Theuer were :.equested by thto confer. on a pnocedr::ne to be established. 1n the collectlon of fthe Clty Drmp. e ChaLr. ees at 5. CITY CI,ERK ASSTGNED PURCHASING AGENT DUTIES The Clty Cler"k was authorLzed to assrrlne the dutl-es of Pu::chasingAgent, effectlve Januar y 1, 1956, on motlon of Councllmsn Thayen, seconded by Councllma.n Byrd and unarrlmously careried. 6. APPO]NTMENT LAWRM'ICE FURIO - DEPUTY POIICE CHIEF Roference was made by the Chair to a commwrl catlon dated De- cember 17, 1954, r"equestlng that the Councll neconslder the ellglblellst fon the posltlon of Deputy PolLce Chlef and the Clty Attorney was NEW BUSTNESS 380 requested for an opl,nion on tho vallditClty Attorney advS.sed that Clvl1 Servlcexlstlng ellglble list may be extondedln his oplnLoir the llst ln questlon Ls Byr"d thereupon moved that the e1lglb1e f the e1lglble Ilst. The ules provide that an arr addltlonal ybar end a1ld one. Councilman yo eR f o::av Deputy Pollce Chlef be accopted, second unanimous ly carrled. ltst for the posltlon of ed by Councilman Joiurs on and C orrnc l1nair Byrd. moved that Lawnence Furlo, No. 1 on tho e1lgtble 11st, be appolnted to the posltlon of Deputy PoLlce Chief, effectlve Lmmodlately, seoonded by Coulcllmen thayer and. unelllmously carrled. Chlef of Po1lce Theur.er admlnlstei'ed the Oath of Office and Mayor Morgan, on behalf of the Clty Councl}e pr:osented nawly appolnted Deputy Chief Lawrence Furio wlth hls badge of authorlty. r1 APPOINTMBITS - JOIIN G. PItlCE .- LORIN R. TODD TT POLICE LIEUTINANTS A communl cat lon dated. Decemben 5, 1955, from the Clv11 Servtce Commlsslon was read, submlttlng the following e1lglbIe Llst for the posltlon of Po1lce L,leutenant : 1. John G. Pnlce2. Lorln R. Todd5. Wl1]lam L. Rowland 4. James S. Keru:edy5. Blcha:rd F. RLttenmoyer6. Rober.t B. Hlntermann7. Alfred G. CavlgLla (a) CouncLlman Bynd moved that John G. Prlce, No. 1 on theeltglble llst be appolnted to the posltlon of Police Lleutenant, ef- fecilve trnmedlately (g:4e p.m.) seconded by Corrncllnan. Johnson and unanimously carr'led. The Oath of Offlce u/as ealmlnlstereal by R. C' Theuer:, Chief of Police, and Mayor Morgane on behdlf of the Clty Councll, presented newly appolnted Police lleutenant John G. P:rlce wlth hi s badge of offLce. (b ) Councllman Byrd iirove d that Lor:ln R. Todd be appointed to the posltlon of Po1lce Lloutenant effectlvo 8:O0 e.m., Decembor 61 1955e seconded by Councllman Rooth arrd unanlmous Iy car::Led. Po1lce Chlef Theuer admlnlstelred the oath of Offlce and Mayon Morgane on behalf of the Councllr'presentsd newly appolnted Pollco Ll.eut enant Todd wlth hLs badge of offlce. 8. APPOTNTMENT RUSSELL WATSOI{ . SERGEAJ{T IN POLICE DEPT. Councllman Bynd. moved that Russell Watson, No. 1 on the eIlglb1e1lst for the positlon of Sergeant 1n the Po1lce Depsrtment, be ap-polnted to flIl an exlstlng Sorgeancy vacancy, effectlve Janua::y 1e1956, seconded by Councilman Thayer and unanLmously ca::rled. 9. EXTENSTON OF ELIGIBLE LTST FOR PATROLMAN FOR ONE YEAR In concu:rnence wlth a request fnom the Clvll Servlco Cerunfsslsn, Councl,lman Q;rr d. moved that the ellglble llst fon Patnolman ln thePollce Department be extentled fotr a perLod of one year, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanimously carrJ.ed. 10. CA],IFORNTA RECREATTON CONFERJiNCE DELEGATE APPOINTED Counc11man Johnson rnoved that ln concunrence wlth a nequest fromthe Superlntendent of Recreatlon, permission be gLven to Ivlrs. Eve15m B1edso6, Supervlson of Recreatlon, to attend the Callfonnia Recr"e:atlon Conference ln San Dlego ln Febnuarye wlth an expenditure notto exceed fundg provided ln the current budget. The motlon was seconded by Coulcllmen Byrd and unanimously carrled. 11.APPOINTMENT HARVEY JOHNSON - SECONI] ASS]STANT FTBE CHIE]F C ouncl.lmar Roothr Cowrcll Flre Commlttee Chairmen, recommend.edthat the posltlon of Second Assistant Flre Chlef, vacant for oneyear, be fl1Ied as requ€sted by the Flre Comrnlsslon and the Fl,r'e Chlef. Councllman Johnson moved that Harvey Joh.nson, No. 1 on the ellglble I 381 1lst, be appolnted to the posltLon of Second Assl.stant Flrre Chlef, ef- fectlve January 1, 1956, seconded by Councllmen Thayer. A ro11 call vote was ca11ed, the r.esuLts as foLl-ows ! Ayes: Councllmen: Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-ThayerNo6s: Councllmen! Bynd CounclLmen Byrd thereaften requested that the vote be declared unanlmous. t2.CIVIL SERV]CE EMPLOYEES I ASSOCIATTON IN RE CIWL SERVTCE Rlchard Rittenmeyer, Presldent of the Burllngame Clvll Service Employeos t Assoclation, Inc., pr:esented a letter' 1n behalf of the Associatlon and thereafter read b-v the Chafu dLsclalming connectlon wlth a conxnunl-catlon addressed to the Clty Councll dated December" 2, 1955, nelatlve to trClvic Civll Servlcerr and expresslng confldence that the amlable Councll-Employee rolat lonshlp sha1l continue. 15.ABOLISIIMEilIT OF ELIGIBLE LIST FOR DEPUTY POTTCE CHIEF AND LIEUTENAI{T In conformance to an agneement wlth the ClvLl Se::vice Empl6y665 t AssoclatLon and those concerned that rrsubsequent to confirmatl,on of appolntment s made ln the posLtl,ons of Deputy Po].lce Chlef ard Lieutenantof Pollce, the Council sha11 apply SectLon 2, Bule VI, Clvl1 Servlce Rulos and RegulatLons ln that all nsme s shaIl thereaften be removed f rom the e1lglble llststr (minutes Novemben 23, 1955), C or.rnci Iman Byrd moved that the nemalnlng nanes be stricken on the abovementLoned e1lgLble llsts. The motLon was secondod by Councllman Rooth and unenlmously carrLed. 14. EXA},,IINATTON FOR POSITION OF POTICE LISUTENANT SCMJDULED IN F'UTURE The ChaLn recommended that the Councll conslder requestLng the Clvl1 Se:rvlce Conmlssl,on to schedule an examlnatlon for the posltlon of Po1lce Li eutenant to establish a valld Clvl1 Service eIlglble 1Lst. Councll membens requested a perlod of tLme to consLden the recommendatlon. ADJOURNMn[T There belng no fu:rthe:r buslness, the meetlng was regularly adJourled at IO:10 p.n. Respe ctfully submitted, Horbert K.teClty Clerk APPROVED: L. B. I.{AYOR