Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-515

SWIMMING POOLS Excavation POLICE DEPARTMENT — Purchase of Radio Equipment Las Vegas, Nevada November 13, 1946 CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: HELEN SCOTT REED, CITY CLERK LAS VEGAS, NEVADA A special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is hereby called to be held in the Commissioner's Council Chambers in the War Memorial Building on Wednesday November 13, 1946 at the hour of 11:30 a.m. to act upon the following: 1. To approve the Contract for the excavation of the swimming pools. 2. Any other important matters. /s/ E. W. Cragin Mayor of the City Las Vegas NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: E. W. CRAGIN, Mayor, C. R. CLARK, A. CORRADETTI, R. T. BASKIN, WALTER BATES, Commissioners and T. E. FENNESSY, City Manager, of the City of Las Vegas. You and each of you will please take notice that pursuant to a call this day issued by Mayor Cragin, a Special meeting of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 1946, at the hour of 11:30 a.m. to consider the following: 1. To approve the Contract for the excavation of the swimming pools. 2. Any other important matters. HELEN SCOTT REED, City Clerk By /s/ Shirley Ballinger Deputy We, the undersigned, Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, do hereby admit due service of the foregoing Notice of Special Meeting. /s/ E. W. Cragin________ /s/ A. Corradetti /s/ Rt. Bob Baskin /s/ T. E. Fennessy /s/ Walter B. Bates ________________________ This special meeting was called to order at the hour of 11:30 a.m. by His Honor Mayor E. W. Cragin with the following members present: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti: City Manager T. E. Fennessy; and Deputy City Clerk Shirley Ballinger. Absent: Commissioner Clark, and City Attorney, C. Norman Cornwall. Commissioner Bates moved the acceptance of the bid of Kauffman and Jensen for the excavation of the two swimming pools in the amount of $7,834.75. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Clark. Commissioner Baskin moved that the request of the Police Department to purchase new radio equipment as per the following letter be approved: Mr. T. E. Fennessy City Manager Las Vegas, Nevada Subject: Purchase of New 160 Megacycles Radio Equipment for the City Police Department Dear Mr. Fennessy: Due to the changes in radio equipment since the war, the Federal Communications Commission has issued an order requiring City Police Departments to shift their radio equipment from their present frequencies to 160 Megacycles. This order is to become effective January 1, 1948. As it is necessary for this department to buy certain new equipment for its present operation, I would like to recommend that we make the change now rather than wait fourteen months for reasons set forth below; The total cost of this equipment will be $6500.00 1. By purchasing the equipment now, the Clark County Sheriff's Office will buy our present equipment at $200.00 per unit affecting a saving of approximately $1800.00. The new equipment necessary to operate on our present frequencies and already on order values at approximately $1000.00 and is covered by the 1946, Budget. It will also be necessary to purchase a new Main Station Transmitter which has been ordered for January 1, 1947 payment and delivery at a cost of $700.00. This would make a total of approximately $3000.00 cash credits and funds to be expended. If the purchase is made a year hence, we cannot realize this saving as there will be no market for the equipment.