Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-449

C. NORMAN CORNWALL (City Attorney): As a matter of fact, do you know that those protestants are residents? MR. MCNAMEE: I know that the majority are residents on that list. WM. J. MOORE, JR.: I would like to ask a question. You have problems. That we know and, naturally, we feel that you should have more money. Is it not possible for the County — in other words, this revaluation -- the work that is carried on by the Chamber of Commerce, and the streets put on revaluation, doesn't that also apply to the County: In other words, we know that revaluation on a lot of that property is coming up. Is there some way that the County can help the City? THE MAYOR: No, Mr. Moore, because your tax rate is now $5.00 according to law, and your bond issues take precedence over everything else. The schools will take 50¢ of that tax rate; then the State rate, and then the County comes in and sets their rate. They take into consideration their outstanding bond indebtedness, and what's left, the City Gets— $1.30 left for us. The bonds that we have outstanding comes out of that $1.30 first. We figure that after these bond issues — the schools and the County — that the City will wind up with about a 70¢ tax rate, and out of that 70¢ we must pay our bonded indebtedness, which is $350.00 outstanding, and for pools and a new jail. If we have a two million dollar bond issue, we could use every cent of it to improve the City but we are placed in a serious position and we must go out and start tapping the merchants for more revenue. The law says that the City is entitled to a $1.50, but it doesn't say it has to give it to us. Last year, we got $1.50, and it raised $180,000 and revenue. Our Police Department cost over $100,000, and the Fire Department $60,000, and we don't have enough men at that. We have more police here than other towns of this size but if we didn't have the gambling and the liquor, we wouldn’t need so many. So when we asked you to join us and be a part of the City of Las Vegas, we weren't trying to do something to you; we were asking you, as residents of Las Vegas, as well as the County, to share the burden of the expense. (MEETING CLOSED.) Commissioner Clark moved that the City Manager be authorized to exspend $50.00 for a one-half page ad in the V.F.W. Encampment to be taken out of the Commissioner's Publicity Fund. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin, and carried by the following vote: Commissioner Baskin, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Commissioner Bates was put of the room. There being no further business to come before the meeting at this time Commissioner Clark moved that the meeting adjourn until May 22 at the hour of 2 P.M. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Las Vegas, Nevada May 22, 1946 At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners held this 22nd day of May, 1946. Meeting called to order by His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Clark at the hour of 2 P. M. with the following members present: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti; City Manager, T. E. Fennessy; and City Clerk, Helen Scott Reed. Absent: City Attorney, C. Norman Cornwall and Mayor E. W. Cragin Commissioner Bates moved that the minutes of May 7 be approved by reference and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Clark voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Cragin. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ** Ad