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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-57

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    ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS Bonding Attorneys SALARY INCREASES roll was called with the following result: Those voting aye; Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and Mayor Baker. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. Those voting nay; none. The presiding officer declared the motion carried and the ordinance placed upon its final passage. Commissioner Whipple then moved that said ordinance be passed and adopted as read and as an emergency ordinance. Commissioner Bunker seconded the motion. The question being upon the passage and adoption of said ordinance, the roll was called with the following result: Those voting aye; Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and Mayor Baker. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. Those voting nay; none. The presiding officer thereupon declared that all commissioners having voted in favor thereof, said motion was carried and said ordinance was duly passed and adopted, as an emergency ordinance. Commissioner Whipple moved this ordinance be numbered 599- Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. Commissioner Whipple moved the following resolution directing that a public hearing on the creation of Assessment District No. 100-2? be held April 12, 1954, be adopted: WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas have taken steps to create certain public improvements all as provided in Emergency Ordinance No. 599, passed, adopted and approved this 31st day of March, 1954; and WHEREAS, said Emergency Ordinance No. 599 discloses the intention and determination of said Board of Commissioners to create said district and construct said improvements by special assessment made according to frontage; and WHEREAS, said Emergency Ordinance No. 599 provides a time certain for hearing protests against said proposed improvements and directing that notice thereof be given such time of the protest hearing being 8:00 o'clock P.M., on the 12th day of April, 1954. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a special meeting thereof held on the 31st day of March, 1954, that the City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners be and she is hereby directed to publish notice of said hearing once a week for two successive weeks in the Las Vegas Sun, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk end Clerk of the Board of Commis­sioners be and she hereby is directed to post notice of said hearing in at least three public places near the site of the proposed work; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said notice shall be in substantially the form attached to this Resolution and made a part hereof. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 31st day of March, 1954. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. Commissioner Bunker moved that the firm of Pershing, Bosworth, Dick & Dawson be employed to submit an approving opinion on the bonds for the contemplated assessment districts. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp. Commissioner Jarrett moved the following meritorious increases in salary, as recommended by the Civil Service Board and the City Manager be approved: NAME P. A. Clark Ray W. Cox Legrand Harris Leroy Mickelson Elmer Albertson Dirl Kinard Marion J. Leavitt Louis Mayorga Donald K. Tullis Joseph Wimberly Andrew Dailey William H. Schrup Ruth Gould Gilbert Herner George Thompson Ike Pullum Clemon Walden Paul Livingston George Shannon Robert Ruffin DEPT City Clerk Engineering Engineering Engineering Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Fire Park Park Personnel Police Police Sanitation Sanitation Street Street Street Lighting SALARY STEP SCH Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Sharp.