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CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING Date: July 6, 1956 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_____________________ of the City Hall, on the 6th day of July, 1956, at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Purchase of property - 2nd and Mesquite and appropriation of money for recreational facilities. /s/ C. D. BAKER Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: C. D. BAKER, Mayor and to WENDELL BUNKER, E. W. FOUNTAIN, HARRIS P. SHARP, REED WHIPPLE, Commissioners and A. H. KENNEDY, City Manager, R. F. Boos, Administrative Assistant, and HOWARD W. CANNON, City Attorney of 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 _______________________of the City Hall, 5th and Stewart, on the 6th day of July, 1956, at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Purchase of property - 2nd and Mesquite and appropriation of money for recreational facilities. /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager, Administrative Assistant and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas do hereby admit due service of the foregoing notice of special meeting. /s/ C. D. BAKER RALSTON O. HAWKINS HARRIS P. SHARP A. H. KENNEDY E. W. FOUNTAIN R. F. BOOS WENDELL BUNKER Las Vegas, Nevada July 6, 1956 (CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING) A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 6th day of July, 1956 was called to order at the hour of 4:00 P.M. by His Honor Mayor Baker with the following members present: Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner E. W. Fountain Commissioner Harris P. Sharp City Manager A. H. Kennedy Adm. Assistant R. F. Boos As't City Attorney Ralston O. Hawkins City Clerk Shirley Ballinger Absent: Commissioner Reed Whipple City Attorney Howard W. Cannon The following supervisory personnel were also present: H. B. Trent Supt. of Recreation Kenneth Hadland Supt. of Parks & Cemetery Kenneth Smith Supt. of Streets Louis Anton Supt. of Sanitation Ray Sheffer Acting Chief of Police George E. Wade Director of Public Works Elmer Gates Fire Chief Robert W. Notti Dir. Publ. Records & Information C. H. MacDonald Supervisor of License Art Trealease Acting Supt. of Bldg. & Safety Franklin Bills Director of Planning Harold A. Laird Director of Finance Howard Richcreek Chief Accountant, Finance PURCHASE OF PROPERTY City Manager Kennedy gave a report on the financial condition of the City and advised the 2nd & Mesquite Commission that there was sufficient money on hand to take advantage of the offer of the Fremont Hotel, Inc. to purchase their equity in the property located on the southwest corner of North 2nd and Mesquite, if the Commission so desires. Mr. Kennedy further reported the surplus of anticipated funds was mainly due to the savings by department heads in the operation of their individual departments. Commissioner Bunker asked if there wasn't a decrease in the amount of revenue the City is receiving in permit fees. City Manager Kennedy answered that perhaps there are less permits being written in these departments, but the average amount of fees collected is the same.