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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-359

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ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH," was read to the Board for a second time. Thereafter Commissioner Clark moved the adoption of said ordinance. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: commissioners Baskin, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent; Commissioner Bates. An ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND, REVISE, AND REENACT SECTION I OF ORDINANCE N0292 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, AS AMENDED, AND TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH," was read to the Board for a second time. Thereafter commissioner Clark moved the adoption of said ordinance. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Corradetti, and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bates. Commissioner Clark moved the adoption of an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFORE AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND PROCESSES: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION AND REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH," which was read to the Board for a second time. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting ayes; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bates. Commissioner Clark moved that this meeting recess until Monday, October 8, at the hour of 10 a.m. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Corradetti, and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Bates. ORDINANCE NO. 307 2nd Reading ORDINANCE NO. 308 Las Vegas, Nevada October 8, 1945 At a recessed regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners held this 8th day of October, 1945. Meeting called to order by His Honor Mayor E.W. Cragin at the hour of 10:00 a.m. with the following members present: Commissioners Bates and Corradetti; City Manager, T.E. Fennessy; City Clerk, Helen Scott Reed. Absent: Commissioners Baskin and Clark, and City Attorney, C. Norman Cornwall. Commissioner Bates moved that the following resolution be adopted. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, there exists a great necessity and emergency for the securing of funds to meet the obligation placed upon the City of Las Vegas, by the changes in the Las Vegas City Charter approval by the State Legislature, March 7, 1945, and, WHEREAS, certain obligations have been incurred in connection with sidewalk demands, fire department, planning commissioner, and preliminary work on assessment districts. Funds for which were not provided in the regular budget and for which reimbursement cannot be obtained within the Budget Year, and, WHEREAS, unforeseen expenses in connection with the 1945 election, the policing of the City, and the feeding of prisoners, and the repairing of City owned equipment, costs of which could not be properly determined at the time the current budget was prepared, and, WHEREAS, the only means possible to meet these obligations and expenditures is through the securing of an emergency loan, funds for which are available in the unappropriated surplus account of the general fund of the City of Las Vegas, RESOLUTION - Emergency Loan