Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-203

GAMING LICENSES Commissioner Corradetti moved that the application of GRANTED Frank M. Bollig for a license of seven slot machines at the City Drug, 231 Fremont Street, and the application of Jack Furnace for a license for two slot machines at Tillie’s Cafe, 1039 South Main Street, he granted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Smith and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Corradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS The reports of the Building, Plumbing, and Electrical Departments for the month of August, 1944, were presented, read, and ordered filed. AUDITOR'S REPORT Commissioner Bates moved that the report of the City Auditor relative to his trip to Carson City on matters relating to the Amended Budget for 1944 and his expense account thereto, be accepted, approved, and copied into the minutes. TO: Charles C. McCall, City Manager FROM: T.E.Fennessy, City Auditor DATE: September 6, 1944 SUBJECT: Trip to Reno and Carson City August 31, 1944 On August 31, 1944, in accordance with instructions, I travelled to Reno and Carson City on City business relative to the budget, needed equipment, etc. The results were quite successful and are recorded here for your information: 1. Amended State Budget was discussed with Mr. Allard and is acceptable for present­ation. (a) Joint Planning Commission expenses may be budgeted for our share only by using our Unapportioned Clearing account. (b) Outstanding Checks and Unclaimed Wages should be recorded on the City records and retained thereon for the period specified in the Statute of Limitations. (c) Purchases for others (County, Red Cross, etc.) may be handled through Unapportioned Clearings as a non-budget item. (d) If Special Funds (Cemetery, Bonds, etc.) are provided with funds from taxation or license collections, they must be included in the budget. (e) Our method of purchasing for "Stores" and later transferring to departments is satisfactory. (f) The proposed method of clearing "prison labor" to a Fines-Prison Labor account, by drawing a warrant chargeable to the using department is satisfactory. (g) The proposal to draw a warrant for outstanding commitments at the year end is not acceptable to the Tax Commission. We may, however, set aside a contingency in the departments for the following year to meet these commitments. (h) Fire Station: if approved by the Board of Commissioners, funds may be segregated in a seperate bank account under the control of the County Treasurer, ex officio City Treasurer. (i) Huntridge Development - We may spend in excess of our budget an amount equal to the sum "donated” to the City by Huntridge Development. The only State require­ment is that this Special Fund be listed as a receipt and an expenditure in our "actual" figures for 1944 when we submit our 1945 budget. (j) City Bonds can be refinanced at lower interest rates if the holders of the bonds are willing to sell or exchange their 6% and 7% holdings for bonds carrying a lower interest rate. Suggest City Attorney investigate this possibility more fully. If we find there is 2% or 3% money available, it would be to the distinct advantage of the local taxpayers to affect a refinancing. (k) Emergency loans cannot be made from surplus collections in the General Fund account. This privilege is reserved to County Governments only. Cities must actually borrow the funds required for the emergency and pay back the loan in subsequent years, (within 2½ years); amounts collected in excess of budget carry over to next year. It is recommended that the City Attorney investigate this decision of the Tax Commission in relation to the pending $25,000.00 emergency loan. 2. Called on the State Engineer relative to the obtaining of a Chip Spreader on a rental basis. Mr. Robert A. Allen, State Highway Engineer, made several long distance calls to various State Division Offices and located two spreaders. Onewas available for two weeks; the other at Tonopah was available for 20 to 30 days. He then contacted his travelling engineer, Mr. Walsh, and instructed him to arrange the shipment of the spreader from Tonopah to Mr. Murphy, State Division Engineer at Las Vegas, for rental to the city. He further stated that we should use the Las Vegas spreader also when not in use by the State Department here. Mr. Allen also suggested including the independent dealers in our future requests for bids on road oils. He indicated there is a saving of approximately $4.00 per ton, but that independent deliveries are a little less dependable than the "Standard" companies. 3. State Health Officer checked over his account with us and Is sending a billing for one quarter that is unpaid. He stated that he has had a very bad report from one of his investigators on public health conditions in this area. I told him I was not qualified to pass judgment on the report in any way. He feels we are not getting our $5,000 worth of service and expects to make a personal inspection soon. He furnished me with pamphlets covering Health & Sanitation for the use of Mr. Davis, Plumbing Inspector.