06-13-32 Council Special Meeting Minutes

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T ' MEETING. MINUTES. Be it Remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, State of Indiana, met in the Regular Session in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Monday evening,`June 13th, 19'2v at the Hour of 8 :05 o'clock P.' M.2 All zNz Members present.'President Nelson presided. The Minutes of the two previous meetings were read and on Motion of Councilman Hull were referred • to the Commitee on the Inspection and Supervision of Minutes.' Motion carried. COMMUNIOATIONM. City of South Bend Indiana Office of the Mayor William R: Hinkle Mayor_ June 13, 1932. Honorable Memaersr of Common Council , -:City of South Bend, Indiana.' Gentlemen: Referring to recent ordinances and resolutions passed by your honorable body which N1 effeck salaries and personnel of the different departments under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works, I wish to refer, herewith, a letter which I receiavdd from the Board of Publ c s, Works by its president, George A.' Schock, in which they state they are complying with the Council's recommendations and have adopted them with a few asap exceptions which are set forth in detai in the attached communication.' All of which I, hereby approve and trust will be favorable to your honorable body. Very truly Nyours, W.` R.' Hinkle, Mayor.` Department of Public Works South Bend, Indiana: June 13th, 1932 Hon. W* R.' Hinkle, Nayor of the City of South Bend, South Bens Indiana.' • Dear Sir:- 'Pursuant to your request, we wish to advise that the Board has had under consi derat on since their enaoytments the ordinances and resolutions passed by the Common Counoilmof the Oit3. of South Bend which affect the salary and personnel of the different departments under our,. judrisdictiozi,'and we wish to advise that the Council's recommendations have been adopted with' the jollowaing exceptions:- he recommendations of the Common Council a was that we dispense with the services of f!�v men in the Engineering Department:' Through the assistance of Mr' Wray, weIhave been able to save the salary of six men im this particular department by staggering employment, and'unde-r t e- present arrangement, this department has but one clerk, one assistant engineer, anc od man. In the case of the rod man and assistant engineer, two men in each position are ke the payroll and they alternate, working two weeks on and two weeks off.' The recommendation of the Council was that a clerk be eliminated in the Board of Works: • We have gone into this matter very thoroughly, ad find that it is an impossibility for this office to be conducted by the Clerk,of the $card alone: We have, however, reduced r the salary x of the assistant clerk from $1206'00 to $1001',00 per month and trust that this change °will meet with your approval as well as the Council's:' f