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A meeting of the Burllngane Clty Councll vras held on the above given
date as per adJournment of February 20, 1950. Ttre meetLng was calledto oraier at 8:O5 p.m. - Ilfayor Love ln the Chal,r.
RolI CalL: Present - Councilnen: Atwator-Dahl-Hunt-Lovo-simondgAbsent - Councllmen: None
Burllngame, Califo?ni.a
February 2?, 1950
n the amounty Counc iJ-man
ftre adJourned meeting was called for tle purpose of reconsidering
the adoptlon of Resofutlon No. 5-50, nPnoposing an Ordlnance to be
voted on by the guaLlfled elector"s of the Clty of BurlLr4iame, at the
I{unlclpal Election to be held AprtJ. 1}, 195O, provldlng fon the
levy and coLlectlon of a tax in such an smount as Eay be necessar5r
and proper to improve the pubIlc parks of the Clty'. L{ayor Love
statbit tha t due to a mlsunders tendlng on the amount of a levy for
park puriposes, the members of the CouncLl desirod to revlew the
lubJect at tfris meeting. It was negularly moved by Councllman lIunt t
seconded by Counc5.lman Da}.l and unanl.mous Iy carrled, that tho
Councll neconsiilo:: lts prevlous action at the negula:r Councll meet-
lng helcl on Febmra:ry 2O, In a dlscussion following, each Councilman
expressed hls oplnlon regardl-ng the levy of a tax whlch would tend
to pLace an addltlonal burden on the taxpayers of Bu::l lngame and. it
was the unanimous oplnlon of each member that ln the inte:rest of
oconomy and efflclency ln the city government the Council should
appear on record as opposing any lncrease in tax levles at thls tlme.
I{embers of the Council wer:e of the oplnlon that department heads
should be u:rged to stnive for greato:r efflciency ln thelr operatlons.
CounclLnan Eunt thereupon moved that the motion to adopt Resolutlon
5-5O, introduced and unanlmously carried at the rogula:r neetJ.ng of
trbbnu.at'y 20, b6 ::esclnded, seconded by CounclLnan DahL and unenLmous -
1y carried.
Quostlonod as to whether the Llbrary was exceedLng lts budget at
the present.!lme, lbederlck llcL€an, clty lLbrarlan stated that most
of tho e:rpendltures of hls depantment were made at the openlng of
the fiscal year, particularly as to tho purch.ase of books.
Ttre CtW Clerk read a lette? flom f'nancls A. Raymondl submlttlng hls
resignallon as a member of the Llbra:ry Board. On motlon of Councll-
man Slmonds, seconded by Councllman DaI:.l and unanimous'l y carried,
the reslgnatLon was accepted wlth regret and the Clty Clerk tn-
structed-to express Council appreciation for hls servlces in a lette:'
to Mr. Raymond.
The name of Stob Teal, .15?5 Ralston Avenue, Burlingame, was submLtted
to f111 the unexpl"ed tenn of Mr. Raymond as a member of tho Llbrary
Board. On motlon of Counci}nan mh1, seconded by Councllman llunt,
the appointment of lilr. Teal was uranlmously confLrmed.
I\'layor Love expressed his appreclation and -congratulations to t'he
m6;bers of the CouncLl Pa::klng Corunlttee for establishing an off-
streot parklng p1an. Mayor Love announced that the Council has ne-
queste a meeting wlth the Clty of San Francisco for tlro purpose
of diEcusslng acqulsltLon of the fomer Numb or 4O canllne ::lght-of-
way through Burlingame, ln a further effort to establlsh off-stneet
parklng programs.
Councilnan Hunt requested that the Clvil Servlce Comnlsslon be in-
structed to review the prosent salary clessiflcatlons for next
yeart s budget preparation
Pal'roll for the month of Janua:ry, 1950, was approve
of- $55,489.34 on notLon of CounciLnan Ilunt, seconde
DahJ- and r:nanimous 1y carrled.
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Vernon Knogh, reporter on the San ]iateo Tlmes, rvas thark-e d for his
excellont ie;fiorting of the roguJ-ar Councll meetlng of Febnuary 2O.
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There belng no fu::ther business, the meeting rras adjour"ned on motionof Councilman Dahl, seconded by Councllman Hunt and unanlmously
caruied.
Respec tfulIy submitted,
I{ERBERT K. IYHTTEClty Clerk
APPROVED:
olnrr? L,
Dan R. Love, Jn
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