Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-16

RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, a great necessity exists for the acquisition by the City of Las Vegas of additional equipment for the Fire Department, to-wit, a fully equipped fire truck with centrifugal pump, chemical equipment, and approximately 1000 feet of fire hose, in that the present equip­ment is wholly inadequate, and without such mew equipment there is a constant menace to the safety of the lives and property of the in­habitants of this City, and WHEREAS, the funds available for the conduct of said Fire De­partment during the year 1922 are not sufficient for use to any ex­tent toward the purchase of the above mentioned equipment, And, WHEREAS, for the purposes aforesaid it Will be necessary for said City to borrow the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for a period of two years by the issuance of the negotiable note, or notes of said City, bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed eight per cent per annum, redeemable as by law provided out of an emergency tax fund, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of City Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas do hereby authorize and empower the Mayor Pro Tem and City Clerk to, borrow for the purposes aforesaid the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for a period not to exceed, two and one half years, and issue as evidence thereof the negotiable promissory note or notes of said City in the aggregate of said sum of Three Thousand Dollars, the same to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum to be redeemable at the option of this Board at any time when money is available in the emergency tax fund, to be known as "City of Las Vegas Emergency Tax" to be levied by this Board at the first tax levy following the creation of such indebtedness as by law provided. Upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, and duly carried it was the order of the Board that the City attorney be, and he is hereby instructed to draw up an ordinance establishing a City Dump ground, defining the boundaries thereof, and establish­ing a penalty for the violation thereof. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton add His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, Aye,; Noes, none. It was the order of the Board upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Gorton, and duly carried that R.J. Oppedyke be appointed a special officer ,without salary ,with special authority to enforce the proposed ordinance relating to a City Dump Ground. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem, Dentner, Aye; Noes, none. At this time the Board entered into a discussion of the purchase of Fire Equipment as proposed in the above Resolution, and there appeared before the Board representatives of several firms dealing in fire equipment, who presented their bids to the Board. After consid­erable discussion, it was the opinion of the Board that the equipment offered by the Hirsch and Hirsch Company ,and the hose offered by the Eureka Fire Hose Company represented the best possible equipment for the price asked, and it was the unanimous opinion of the Board that, upon the approval of the above mentioned Resolution by the State Board of Revenue the above mentioned equipment should be purchased by this Board. Thereupon the Clerk presented the application of J.H. Morgan for a Gaming License in the City of Las Vegas, said application having been heretofore a proved by Police and Fire Commissioner Hodgens, and it was the order of the Board upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, and duly carried that said Gaming License be issued to said applicant. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton, and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem Dentner Aye. Noes, none. Thereupon the Clerk presented the application of Cleto Aguirre for a Gaming License in the City of Las Vegas, said application having been heretofore approved by Police and Fire Commissioner Hodgens, and it was the order of the Board upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, and duly carried that said Gaming License be issued to said applicant. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton, and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem, Dentner, Aye. Noes, none. Thereupon the Clerk presented the application of James Germain for a Gaming License in the City of Las Vegas said application having been heretofore approved by Police and Fire Commissioner Hodgens, and it was the order of the Board upon motion of Commissioner Hodgens, seconded by Commissioner Arnold, and duly carried that said license be issued to said applicant. Voting Commissioners Hodgens, Arnold, Gorton, and His Honor the Mayor Pro Tem, Dentner, Aye. Noes none.