Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-269

Office of the City Clerk Las Vegas, Nev. Feb. 5, 1919 At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners in and for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, held on the 5th day of February, 1919, present Hon. W . E. Hawkins, Mayor with members John F. Miller, W. H. Elwell, Commissioners with the Clerk and the City Attorney. Minutes of the last regular meeting read and approved as read. All claims against the city were allowed by the Board except the claim of A1 James and Jack Reynolds for refund on liquor license. It was order referred to the City Attorney for his opinion as to the legality of the payment of said claim. The bill of the Consolidated Power and Telephone Company was reduced to the sum of One Dollars and thirty cents ($1.30) for the reason that the said charge and said claim for a telephone at the Fire House should not be charged as Commissioner Miller notified the Board that a notice had been served to the said Consolidated Power and Telephone Company to remove said telephone and which they had filed to do upon the date of the notice. At this time it appeared to the Board that there was no sufficient money in certain funds, it was upon motion being duly made and carried, ordered, that the sum of One Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dollars be and is hereby transferred from the General fund of the city to the Light fund of the city and it was further ordered by the Board that the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars be transferred from the General fund of said city to the Police fund of said city. The question of the shortness of fund coming on before the board it was upon motion being duly made and carried that the Clerk hereby discontinue the publication of bill allowed until the further order of this Board. It appeared to the board that the this time that it be necessary to make up a budget for the city for the year 1919. It was upon motion being duly made and carried that this Board adjourn until February 19 at 3 P. M. of said day for the purpose of considering said budget. and Ball and W. E. Hawkins, His Hon. the Mayor voting aye. Noes none." It was further ordered that the telephone at the Fire House be discontinued and the Clerk is hereby ordered to notify the Telephone Company to that effect. At this time it was stated that there was a vacancy in the Library Board of said city due to the resignation of one George Hayes who had resigned. Thereupon upon motion of Commissioner Ball and seconded by Commissioner Ullom it was ordered that E. E. Smith of the city of Las Vegas be and is hereby appointed to fill said vacancy. At this time the question of consolidating the night police and the Fire Truck driver coming on before the Board and it appeared to the Board that it be to the best interest to the people of Las Vegas and to the financial condition to consolidate these two departments and for one man to look after the fire and police apparatus of said city. It was upon motion being duly made and carried ordered that fire and police commissioners fo said city be and are hereby ordered and directed to employ a man for the position of police and fire watchman in the city of L as Vegas at a salary not to exceed the sum of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars per month. The vote of said resolution was as follows to-wit: Commissioners Ullom, aye; Elwell, aye; Ball, aye; Miller, aye; the Hon. Hawkins, Mayor, aye. Noes none. There being no further business before the Board it was upon motion being duly made and carried ordered that this Board stand adjourned until its next regular meeting in February.