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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, September 21, 1955 to November 20, 1957, lvc000010-407

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    December 27; 1956 CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING 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 Mayor's office of the City Hall, on the 27th day of December, 1956, at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. GAMING APPLICATIONS 2. CARVER HOUSE 3. BENCH CONTRACT 4. BUS SCHEDULES /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 Mayor's office of the City Hall, 5th and Stewart, on the 27th day of December, 1956, at the hour of 4:00 P.M. to consider the following matters: 1. GAMING APPLICATIONS 2. CARVER HOUSE 3. BENCH CONTRACT 4. BUS SCHEDULES /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 REED WHIPPLE H. P. SHARP A. H. KENNEDY E. W. FOUNTAIN HOWARD W. CANNON WENDELL BUNKER Las Vegas, Nevada December 27, 1956 (CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING) A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 27th day of December, 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 E. W. Fountain Commissioner Harris P. Sharp Commissioner Reed Whipple City Manager A. H. Kennedy City Clerk Shirley Ballinger Absent: Commissioner Wendell Bunker City Attorney Howard W. Cannon Adm. Asst. Robert F. Boos Commissioner Whipple moved the following applications for gaming license be approved. AL'S MARKET 404 South 2nd O. W. Glenn 2 slots R0BINH00D DRIVE IN 2223 Fremont O. W. Glenn 1 slot SILVER CLUB Jackson O. W. Glenn 3 slots Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none . Absent: Commissioner Bunker. At this time Commissioner Bunker and City Attorney Cannon arrived at the meeting. Discussion was held on the uncompleted hotel known as the Carver House on the northwest corner of D and Jackson Streets. City Manager Kennedy reported that he and the City Attorney had contacted Judge Foley and it had been decided that if the City would construct a fence around the property and present a bill to the Court it would be handled as a preferred claim. Mr. Kennedy advised that this uncompleted building was very hazardous and it was necessary to construct the fence so that someone would not get hurt. He stated that the estimated cost of the fence was between $600 and $700. Thereafter Commissioner Sharp moved the recommendation of the City Manager be accepted and authorization granted to spend approximately $700.00 to construct a fence around the Carver House. Motion seconded by Commissioner Fountain and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Sharp, Bunker, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; Noes, none. Commissioner Bunker gave a report of the meeting he and Commissioner Fountain held with Dan Smith of Vegas Transit Lines concerning the rescheduling and rerouting of the busses. Mr. Bunker stated that the conclusions of this meeting were as follows: GAMING APPLICATIONS New Locations CARVER HOUSE BUS SCHEDULE