Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-125

PLANNING Commissioner Bates moved that the communication from the Planning Board, dated COMMISSION - September 30, 1943, relative to the Zaugg property, be referred to the City ZAUGG PROPERTY Attorney. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Clark, and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. ELECTRICAL Commissioner Clark moved that the Electrical Department be permitted to establish DEPARTMENT - PETTY a Petty Cash Fund. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bates and carried by the CASH FUND following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. MEMORIAL HALL Commissioner Bates moved that the Army be permitted the use of the Memorial Hall BOXING BOUT for a boxing show, October 24, 25 and 26, for $50.00 to defer expenses, on condition that they furnish Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance on the basis of $25,000.00 and $50,000.00. Motion seconded by Commissioner Clark and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Commissioner Clark moved that additional floodlights, at a cost of $75.95 be FLOODLIGHTS installed at the Las Vegas Municipal Airport. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bates and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. CEMETERY Commissioner Bates moved that the City Purchasing Agent, Mr. Cazier, be authorized IMPROVEMENTS to secure figures on pipe needed for the new addition of the Cemetery and that the work proceed on this project as funds become available. Further that grass seed be purchased for both the old and new Cemeteries. Motion seconded by Commissioner Clark and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. FIRE PROTECTION Mayor Cragin appointed Commissioners Bates, Clark and R. H. Elser, Plumbing COMMITTEE Inspector, on a Committee to make a study of fire protection for the City of Las Vegas, as recommended by the Board of Fire Underwriters. PROPOSED FIRE The following Resolution was presented for consideration: STATION RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the fire fighting facilities of the City of Las Vegas are inadequate for the protection of the City at its present population, and WHEREAS, in accordance with the minimum recommendations of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, it is desirable to construct a central fire station and two substations for the housing of fire fighting equipment. WHEREAS, on August 23, 1943, the Board considered the construction of the central fire station on the northerly half of the block in the City Park, which lies at the northwest corner of the intersection of Fifth Street and Stewart Avenue, or that portion of the block on which the City Hall is located, which remains unimproved on the northerly side of said City Hall, and the construction of a substation on the triangular portion of land at the southwest corner of Eighth Street, and Charleston Boulevard, which land was dedicated to the City at the time the plat of the Vega Verde Addition was filed, and the construction of a second substation on Lot 6, Block 14, Valley View Addition, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada that inasmuch as the above mentioned properties and proposed sites of fire stations are the property of the City of Las Vegas, that these sites be set aside for the construction of the proposed fire stations. Commissioner Smith moved that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Coradetti and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Coradetti, Smith and His Honor voting aye; noes none. CITY JAIL The following Resolution was presented to the Board for their consideration: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the present police station was first constructed in 1912 and approximately a 100% addition made in 1922. The approximate population of the City of Las Vegas being In 1910,800 and in 1920 - 2300, and WHEREAS, there have been certain improvements made in the building which remains barely adequate for a town of 1940 population of the City of Las Vegas, or approximately 8400, and WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, had a population of approximately 19,500 at the present time as the result of the location of defense projects in this area, to-wit: Basic Magnesium, Inc., Army Air Base, Manganese Ores, and the increase in traffic on the Union Pacific Railroad, a vital war arterial, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, by the Board of City Commissioners, of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, that application be made to the Federal Government, through the Federal Works Agency, for financial as­sistance to construct adequate facilities to meet the demands placed on the Police Department of the City of Las Vegas, and