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• • 11LI'i1UT,,~S - 1?~uZl!'_' r,I~TJNG LA P~TL'' CIiI COI':~uiISSION - Jt;Zv lv, 1958 7:00 ~. I~2. Regt~?.ar meeting of the .City Commission was. called to order by I~.~ayor H. P. Pfeiffer, with the follat~ring Commissioners present: Brown, Osburn~ Boyle and L~.z^rler. Flso present ~,vere 1,!Lrs. Stabs and ;!.r. Holly (Press), Mr. Bob Stevens, :~,~. ,finest L. Brawn, Jr., and P~uth Huddleston, r~ssista.nt City Clerk. Also present was h2r. b'~.A. lsthur, Supt. of Public ?,'rorks~ and Jno. Kiibler,Spec.Counsel Y,2~_nutes of the last meet7.ng -^rcre read anal approved. I~~7r. Bob Stevens appeared before the Co~aission and talked over the possibility of> the Commission takinb out tivorkments competis~tion insura:ice on the city employees. The need of this kind of a policy was discussed, and I~7r. Stevens ,vas uwked to bring several t~y-pes of policies in t~~.is line to the next meeting, for the Comrni.ssion to study. T,?r. Ernest L. UroT^m, Jr.~ appeared before t'ne Comru.ssion and presented a very interesting and educational resume of the City's bond indebtedness as it stands at this time. PRx. Urrn^m read the report in full and e~lained each paragraph a.s he vrent along. The Ccmmissior. agreed t'nat this Zrras very enlightening to them, and assured hi+m they wo~:t~ d all ive careful study to this repar~t before assuminu~ any more bond indebtedness. The matter of 1~.2r. A. J. A,yo tapping on the e_xa.sting sewer line at his home on Bayshore Drive withou'~ having paid his pro-rata part of the lateral lines, was brought up. 1,7r. Ayo had purchased t'r.~.s house from A,~rs. Sue n.2athis, who had not paid her pro-rata part at the time of the sale cf the house to Y.'>~^. Ayo. P7r. Ayo felt that this was not his obligation. After discussion, it was unanimously agreed that this was a matter between It7r. Ayo and Mrs. 1;4athis, and that his purchase of the house ~^rith this obligation unpaid, would not release him from sane. Mr. Ayo will have to pay his pro-rata part of this line, in the amount of :~~.9.53. Mayor Pfeiffer reported that the State Hight^ray Department is taking steps at this time to install some kind of traffic control systeri at t'ae inter- sections of Broadway and '~J~~, 1~th and 2nd Streets, and Froadway and ~~C«. He also stated that the State ti^rill_ maintain these lights. A bill from Dr. Yoder _f or professional sere*ices for Olly s;j.rcia, w'nich had not come ire at the time the other bill for him was allowed, was brought up. It~otion by Lawler, second by Osborn, t'nat this bill be paid. Carried. Upon. motion by LaYvler, second by Brrnvn, the following men were appointed to the Equalizaticn Board for the year 7.958: r.C. 1.1c Colltun, Jr., Charles ~. Dlorris and ti'~fendell ~°J'illces. _ _ Carried.