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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-46

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    CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING March 31, 1954 TO: SHIRLEY BALLINGER, City Clerk Las Vegas, Nevada A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada is hereby called to be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, on the 31st day of March, 1954, at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Assessment Districts: a) No. 100-23; b) No. 100-25; c) No. 100-26; d) No. 100-27 2. Hiring of Pershing, Bosworth, Dick and Dawson as bond attorneys for assessment districts. 3. Mr. Vernon Welborn will be present regarding a canopy across the alley behind the Horseshoe Club. 4. Civil Service recommendations on merit increases. 5. Request of U.S.N.R.T.C. for name of Las Vegas Naval unit in memory of a local veteran. 6. Recommendations form City Manager on bids for Tires & Tubes and Batteries. 7. City Managers Reports 8. Gaming Applications. 9. Liquor Application _____s/ C. D. Baker___________ Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: C. D. BAKER, Mayor and to WENDELL BUNKER, REX A. JARRETT, HARRIS P. SHARP, REED WHIPPLE, Commissioners and GEORGE H. ROUNTHWAITE, Acting City Manager, and HOWARD W. CANNON, City Attorney to the City of Las Vegas. You and each of you will please take notice that pursuant to a call this day issued by Mayor Baker, a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, will be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 5th and Stewart, on the 31st day of March, 1954 at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Assessment Districts: a) No. 100-23; b) No. 100-25; c) No. 100-26; d) No. 100-27 2. Hiring of Pershing, Bosworth, Dick and Dawson as bond attorneys for assessment districts. 3. Mr. Vernon Welborn will be present regarding a canopy across the alley behind the Horseshoe Club. 4. Civil Service recommendations on merit increases. 5. Request of U.S.N.R.T.C. for name of Las Vegas Naval unit in memory of a local veteran 6. Recommendations from City Manager on bids for Tires & Tubes and Batteries. 7. City Managers Reports 8. Gaming Applications. 9. Liquor Application ______s/ Shirley Ballinger_____ City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, do hereby admit due service of the foregoing notice of Special Meeting. s/ C. D. Baker Mayor s/ Rex A. Jarrett___________ _____s/ George H. Rounthwaite________ Commissioner City Manager s/ Wendell Bunker___________ ____________________________ Commissioner s/ Reed Whipple_____________ Commissioner Las Vegas, Nevada March 31, 1954 A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 31st day of March, 1954, was called to order at the hour of 4:10 P.M. by His Honor Mayor Baker with the following members present: Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner Reed Whipple City Manager George Rounthwaite City Attorney Howard W. Cannon City Engineer George Wade City Clerk Shirley Ballinger Absent: Commissioner Rex A. Jarrett Commissioner Harris P. Sharp CANOPY OVER ALLEY At this time Mr. Vernon Welborn appeared before the Board to request permission Horseshoe Club to build a canopy over the alley behind the Horseshoe Club. Thereafter Commissioner Bunker moved this matter be held in abyance. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioners Jarrett and Sharp. Commissioner Jarrett arrived at this time. ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Commissioner Whipple introduced and moved the adoption of the following emergency NO. 100-23 ordinance, which was thereupon read in full, and at length, and is as follows: Determination to Create