Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, September 21, 1955 to November 20, 1957, lvc000010-487

And it appearing from the Affidavit of Fred H. Callihan, filed with the Clerk of this Board, that the Notice provided for in said Order, a copy of which Notice is attached to said Affidavit, was posted on the 5th day of April, 1957, in the manner prescribed by said Order; And this being the time fixed for the Hearing on said Petition for vacation and the recommendation of the Planning Commission thereon and this Board having heard evidence in support of and there being no opposition to said Petition and recommendation; And it appearing to the satisfaction of Mayor Baker and Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and Whipple, constituting all members of said Board present at this meeting, and all members present voting in favor of said vacation, that the strip of land proposed to be vacated is no longer required for the public use and convenience, that said vacation will inure to the benefit of the City of Las Vegas, and that neither the public nor any person will be materially injured thereby; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following described portion of Hinkle Drive, A certain street or parcel of land lying and being situate in the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and being a portion of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 26, T20S, R61E, MDB&M, being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: The South two (2) feet of the North twenty-five (23) feet of the East 237.5 feet of the SE¼ of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 26, T20S, R61E, MDB&M, Save and Except the East forty (40) feet thereof, be and the same is hereby vacated. DATED: May 8, 1957 APPROVED: C. D. BAKER, Mayor ATTEST: SHIRLEY LODWICK, City Clerk Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Fountain. At this time Mr. Norrison Beatty of the Credit Bureau of Southern Nevada appeared before the Commission to request that an ordinance regulating the licensing Col­lection Agencies in the City be adopted. Mr. Beatty explained that a proposed ordinance had been before the Commission in the latter part of 1955, but had been reported unfavorably on December 21, 1955. Mr. Beatty asked for reconsideration of this proposed ordinance and stated that there was great need in this area for regulation of this type of business. He advised the Commission that while there was a requirement that these agencies be licensed by the State of Nevada the license was relatively easy to obtain. At the hour of 8:10 P.M. Commissioner Fountain arrived at the meeting. Discussion followed and the Commission advised Mr. Beatty they would refer this matter to the City Attorney for the preparation of an ordinance to be presented at the next regular meeting of the Commission, and referral at that time to a Committee for study. Mayor Baker announced that this was the time set for the Board of Commissioners to canvass the ballots cast At the Primary Municipal Election held May 7, 1957 for the nomination of candidates for the following positions: Commissioner 2nd Class Commissioner 4th Class City Attorney Municipal Judge The following errors were found by the Commission while conducting the canvass of the votes cast: Precinct No. 2 - For Commissioner 4th Class, Louis P. Maynard received 11 votes instead of 10. Precinct No. 30A - For Municipal Judge, Louis Licker received 3 votes instead of None. Precinct No. 52 - For Municipal Judge, Louis Licker received 6 votes instead of 2. Precinct No. 63 - There were 98 votes cast instead of 99 as reported. FOR COMMISSIONER 2ND CLASS WENDELL BUNKER STEVE KOSTELAC JOSEPH HENRY SHEPP Votes COMMISSIONER II Cast________Precinct_________Bunker_____Kostelac_____Shepp 31 1 18 5 6 44 2 19 15 8 60 3 35 8 13 83 4 51 18 9 59 5 37 12 8 130 6 78 28 19 COLLECTION AGENCIES Ordinance to be Proposed CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS Primary Municipal Election