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1945 JUN 20 CC MINQ yn9 El Segundo, California. June 20, 1945. A regular meeting of the City Council, of the City of E1 Segundo, California, was held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of said City on the above date, having been called to order at 7:00 o'clock P. M. by the City Clerk, the Mayor being absent. By general consent Councilman Hesser was chosen Mayor pro tem and he immediately assumed the duties of the Mayor. ROLL CALL. Councilmen Present: Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Councilmen Absent: Selby. READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS. The minutes of the regular meeting held on the 6th day of June, 1945, and.of the two adjourned regular meetings held on the 8th day of June, 1945, having been read and no errors or omissions appearing, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, the minutes of said meetings be approved as recorded. Carried. The City Clerk announed that he had in his possession, in the same condition as when received, one bid for the purchase of tax deeded real property heretofore advertised for sale by the City of El Segundo. Moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, that the Council proceed to open, exam ine.and publicly declare the bid received this date for the purchase of tax deeded property heretofore advertised for sale by the City of E1 Segundo. Carried. The Council proceeded to and did open, examine and publicly declare said bid, which said bid was found by said Council to be as follows, to -wit: Bid of Wesley T. Anderson, dated June 11, 1945, on regular form pro- vided therefor, bidding the sum of $1Q1.00 for Lot 11, Block 74, E1 Segundo. Said bid was accompanied by Money Order No. 438808, drawn on E1 Segundo Branch Security -First National Bank of Los Angeles, payable to City of E1 Segundo in the sum of $245.25. Following consideration of said bid, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, the bid of $101.00 submitted by Wesley T. Anderson for the purchase of Lot 11, Block 74, E1 Segundo, be and the same is hereby rejected, and the City Clerk instructed to return to said bidder his bid deposit. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilman None. Absent: Councilman Selby. SMCIAL ORDER, OF BUSDMS. The hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M. at this meeting having heretofore been fixed as the time and place for receiving bids for furnishing the City of El Segundo its gasoline, oil, lubricants and liquid asphalt requirements for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 19469 the Mayor pro tem announced the arrival of the hour of 7:14 P. M. and requested that if any person or persons present in the Council Chamber desired to file bids for said require- ments, they should do so immediately. Q 980 The hour of 7:15 o'clock P. M. having arrived, the Mayor pro tern announced the time for receiving bids for furnishing the City of E1 Segundo with its gasoline, oil, lubricants and liquid asphalt requirements for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1945, closed. The City Clerk announced that one bid had been received. Moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, that the Council proceed to open, examine and publicly declare the bid received this date for furnishing the City of E1 Segundo with is gasoline, oil, lubricants and liquid asphalt requirements for the fiscal year 1945 -46. Carried. The Council thereupon proceeded to open, examine and declare said bid, which said bid was found by said Council to be as follows, to -wit: Bid of Richfield Oil Corporation, on regular form provided therefor, as follows: "ITEM 1. 15,000 Gallons High - Octane Gasoline - - - - - - - - $1,875.00 ITEM 2. 150 Gallons Richlube Motor Oil 63.00 ITEM 3. 270 Gallons Richlube Motor Oil -30 113.40 ITEM 4. 300 Gallons Richlube Motor Oil -40 126.00 ITEM 5. 25 Gallons Richlube Motor Oil -50 10.50 ITEM 6. 400 Pounds Richfield Gear Oil, SAE 90- 140 -250 38.00 ITEM 7. 70 Pounds Richfield Universal Grease 9.98 ITEM 8. 100 Pounds Richfield Chassis- Lubricant 11.25 ITEM 9. 35 Pounds Richfield Universal Grease, Heavy 4.98 ITEM 16. 70 Bounds Richfield Cup Grease #3 7.00 ITEM 11. 35 Pounds Richfield Pinion Grease, Medium 2.89 ITEM 12. 7,500 Gallons Richfield Diesel Fuel Oil Posted Price at Delivery ITEM 13. 300 Gallons Richfield Kerosene 30.00 ITEM 14. Prices for asphalt products delivered hereunder shall be Seller'd Posted Prices, F. 0. B. Watson, California, at the time delivery is made. California Sales Tax or Use Tax, or any other State or Federal Tax is not included in the amount bid." Said bid was accompanied by Certified Check No. 852990 drawn on Los Angeles Main Branch Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, payable to City of E1 Segundo in the sum of $100.00. Following consideration of said bid, it was moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, that Resolution No. 760, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AWARDING TO RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION THE CONTRACT FOR FURNISHING SAID CITY WITH ITS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 19 1945 SAND ENDING NNE 30, 1946, AT MIDNIGHT, which was read, be adopted. Said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tern Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent:, Councilman Selby. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. The following communications, received from the persons, firms or corpora- tions hereinafter named, were read to the Council and were disposed of in the manner indicated, following reference to each hereinafter: Q .981 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, dated June 19, 1945, being an application for a permit to excavate in certain of the public streets within the City of E1 Segundo for the purpose of installing certain pipe lines and removing certain abandoned pipe lines, all as more particularly set forth in a description of the work to be done attached to said application. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that Resolution No. 761, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO , CALIFORIIA, GRANTING A PERMIT •TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY TO INSTALL CERTAIN GAS PIPE LINES IN PORTIONS OF EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD `J'7ITHIN SAID CITY, which was read, be adopted. Said motion carried and said resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Applications for employment from the following persons were read and there- after ordered filed for future reference: BOB INGRAM, dated June 15, 1945; THURMAN NOEL COLLINS, dated June..15, 1945; LOUIS TARR, dated June 18, 1945; EDWIN SEiORTHIDGE, dated June 18, 1945; ALYIN PETIT, dated June 19, 1945; HARRY BISBEY, dated June 19, 1945; HARRY LYMAN, dated June 19, 1945; LLOYD CAMPRET-I,, dated June 19, 1945; SID OWEN, undated; JIM McKENNA, undated;.. " JOHN TRACY FARRELL, dated June 140 1945. LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, dated June 12, 1945, advising of the progress of the West Coast Basin investigation by the United States Geological Survey and that to continue and complete the investigations now under way will require an additional appropriation on the part of the cities involved, including the City of E1 Segundo. 'After discussion, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Mayor pro tem Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that the communication fzbm Los Angeles County Flood Control District, dated June 12, 1945, addressed to Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk, City of E1 Segundo, and which informs this Council of the necessity for an increased appropriation for the purpose of meeting increased costs in connection with the survey being conducted by the United States Geological Survey of water conditions in the so- called West Basin, be received and placed on file in the office of the City Clerk and-that said communication, so on file, be and the same is hereby referred to and by this reference expressly incorporated hereip and made a part hereof; AND, BE IT FURTHER fiESOLVED96 -that in response to said communication.and,.the request therein made,`that the sum of $335.00 shall be and the same is hereby allocated and appropriated out of the General Fund of the City of El Segundo for the purpose of paying the contributive share of the City of E1 Segundo for such increased cost and the balance of the City's proportionate payment heretofore allocated, all as contemplated and to the extent as contemplated in slid communication and the request therein set forth; said amounts so appropriated and allocated to be paid out upon receipt of proper demand therefor, to be presented, audited and approved in due time and in the usual manner. Q - 982 The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tern Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. WARREN A. EISTERMAN, dated June 19, 1945, advising that between March 18 and June 3, 1945, he performed certain overtime work and he attached to said letter a report thereon for the Council's consideration in the matter of allowing compensation therefor. Discussion relative to the matter ensued, during which Councilman Peterson stated that Mr. R. T. Hutchins, Superintendent of the Water Department, believed the statements and report of the claimant to be correct, but that he had no actual personal knowledge of the same. Councilman Peterson then recommended that consideration of the matter be postponed until the neat regular meeting of the Council, but before a motion to this effect was made, Councilman Skelley moved that the claim-of Mr. Warren A. Elsterman for 512 hours overtime be paid. The motion lost for the want of a second. Thereafter it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that the matter of the claim of Warren A. Elsterman for 512 hours overtime pay, filed with this Council this date, be tabled for consideration at the next regular meeting of this Council. The motion carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilman Skelley. Absent: Councilman Selby. WARREN A. ELSTERMAN, dated June 19, 1945, submitting his resignation from the position of Office Engineer of the City of E1 Segundo, to take effect on the day of the termination of his earned vacation. The City Clerk reported that in event the Council accepts the resignation, it would be in order to accept it effective as of midnight, July 19, 1945, for the reason that the employee is entitled to an earned vacation not here- to fore taken of 10 days each for the Years 1943 and 1944 and 9 days for the Year 1945f and in view of the fact that Mr. Elsterman began his vacation June 18, 1945, the termination date of the before mentioned earned vacation would be July 19. It was moved by Councilman Peterson, that the resignation of Warren A. Elsterman as Office Engineer be accepted with regret, effective as of midnight July 19, 1945.. Before this motion was seconded, Councilman Skelley pro- tested acceptance of the resignation. Following his remarks, the motion was seconded by Councilman Hesser and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Thompson and Mayor pro tern Hesser. Noes: Councilman Skelley. Absent: Councilman Selby. DOROTHY GLANE, dated June 10, 1945, advising that as she passed through E1 Segundo on Sunday, June-10th, she was shocked and amazed at the large brazen sign which appears across the street from the High School, which she styled "a sign that might appear in Nazi Germany ". By general consent the communication was ordered filed. EL SEGUNDO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, dated June 9, 1945, stating that at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, held June 7, 1945, said Board instructed its Secretary to write the City Council to ask if directional signs could be erected at the intersections of Maple, Mariposa and Grand Avenues and E1 Segundo Boulevard with Sepulveda Boulevard. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, which carried unanimously, the matter was taken under advisement and referred to Councilman Hesser and Chief of Police Hutchins for investigation and report to the Council. CALIFORNIA MERIT SYSTEM LEAGUE, undated, inviting attendance at its annual meeting, to be held in Huntington Park, June 21, 1945. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the City Clerk and any member of the City Council desiring to do so, be authorized to attend the annual meeting of the California Merit System League to be held in Huntington Park, California, June 21, 1945, and to file their demands for their actual and necessary expenses in connection therewith. Carried by the following vote: 983 Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent:. Councilman Selby. OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, dated June 16, 1945, titled: "File: %8- 01- LT -9", addressed to the City Clerk, with reference to General Order ODT -20 -A and General Order ODT -21 -A, respecting the issuance of a certificate of War Necessity for the operation of taxicabs, public rental.passenger cars, etc. By gereral consent the communication was ordered filed and the City Clerk authorized to inform the office of Defense Transportation that the City of El Segundo would cooperate with it. DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, dated June 18, 1945, addressed to R. T. Hutchins, City Engineer, transmitting for execution by the proper officers of the City of El Segundo, Memorandum of Agreement for expenditure of 1/4� gas tax for State Highways. The projects set forth therein and the estimated expenditures in connection therewith being as recommended by the City Engineer of the City .of El Segundo, it was moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, the State of California, through its Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, has presented a memorandum of agreement in accordance with a project statement submitted by the City for expendi- ture of the 1/4 cent gas tax for the 1945- 47-biennium allocated for State highways in the City of E1-Segundo; and WHEREAS, the City Council has heard read said agree- ment in full and is familiar with the contents thereof; THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council-of the City of E1 Segundo, that said agreement for expenditure of the 1/4 cent gas tax allocated for State highways be and the same is hereby approved and the Mayor and the City Clerk are directed to sign the same on behalf of said City. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Hess# r: Noes:. Councilmen None.. Absent: Councilman Selby. None . Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tern ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. Q None. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The Chief of Police reported the appointments of Kelsey Foster Green and Arthur Swoboda, as Special Police Officers of the City of E1 Segundo and requested approval of the same. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that the appointments, by the Chief of Police of the City of E1 Segundo, of Kelsey Foster Green and Arthur Swoboda as Special Police Officers of said City, be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. Carried. The Chief of Police reported the appointment of Kent Miller Annis as a regular police officer of the Police Department of the City of E1 Segundo and requested approval thereof. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that the appointment by the Chief of Police of the City of E1 Segundo of Kent Miller Annis as a regular police officer of -the Police Department of said City, be and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem The Chief of Police announced the revocation of the appointment of Leonard Everett Eden as a regular police officer of the City of E1 Segundo. The City Clerk presented a deed, executed by Emanuel Jensen and Alma M. Jensen, his wife, conveying Lot 9, Block 108,,to the City-of El Segundo. This being the property the City desires to obtain for water development purposes, it was moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, the following resolution be adopted: RESOLVED, that that certain Grant Deed, dated the 20th day of June, 1945, executed by Emanuel Jensen and Alma M. Jensen, his wife, granting to the City of E1 Segundo, a Municipal Corporation of the sixth class, the following described real property, situated in the City of El Segundo, County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as: Lot 9, in Block 108 of E1 Segundo, Sheet No. 5, as per Map recorded in Book 20, pages 114 and 115 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, and the property conveyed thereby, be and the same are hereby accepted on behalf of the City of E1 Segundo; AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo.is hereby directed to cause said deed to be recorded in the office'of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Q 985 City Attorney Woodworth made a progress report in connection with meetings of the Ways and Means Committee of the West Basin Water Survey Committee. Assistant Street Superintendent Gunn reported having employed six school boys, whom he named, for the purpose of cleaning streets and alleys through- out the City, which work has necessarily been neglected for a long period of time due to the manpower shortage. Moved-by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that the action of the Assistant Street Superintendent in employing L. R. Tarr, T. H. Collins, Bob Ingram, Harry Lynam, L. Campbell and A. Petit, be and the same is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. The City Attorney reported that the City Clerk, under date of June 15, 1945, had furnished him with the description of the properties which were indicated for condemnation with reference to the acquisition by the City of a site for City Hall, etc. purposes, and stated that, as instructed by the Council, he had placed an order with Title Insurance and Trust Company for a condemnation report, showing the names of the necessary parties defendants in an action of eminent domain involving said property; also for a subsequent report covering the period between the date of the first report and the filing of the lis pendens; and a final policy of title insurance to be written in the amount of the award to be furnished upon the completion of the proceedings, showing title to be vested in the City of E1 Segundo. Building Inspector Catalano reported that on June 7th he attended a meeting of members of the Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference in Los Angeles, whereat discussions were had with reference to cement concrete hollow block construction, a new type of construction -not provided for in the Uniform Building Code; that his attendance thereat was beneficial and that at a future date not yet fixed, various tests of the cement blocks rbferred to are to be made and that he would like to witness the same." Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, that if and when tests of new type cement concrete construction blocks are made, the Building Inspector of the City of El Segundo "is authorized to attend the same, without further consent from this Council', provided the tests are made in Los Angeles County. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Thompson, Skelley and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. ' Building Inspector Catalano reported having received an invitation from the Pacific Coast Plumbing Inspectors Association to have the City of E1 Segundo subscribe for membership therein. He stated that the Association has been of great assistance to him during-his-tenure-as Building Inspector; that it is pre]Raring a Uniform Plumbing Code, which, when finished, will be made available to member cities, and he recommended that the City accept the invitation to membership." Moved-,by Councilman Thompson, seconded'by Councilman Hesser, that the City of E1 Segundo take membership in the Pacific Coast Plumbing Inspectors Association, and that John Catalano, Building, Plumbing and Electrical Inspector- of the City of E1 Segundo, make attendance at the'meetings of said•Association on behalf of the City and that the annual dues to said Association, amounting to $5.00, be paid upon the presentation and approval of a proper demand therefor in regular form. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Thompson, Skelley and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. In the matter of the request of South Bay Veterans Service Center, Inc. for permission to install signs within the City of E1 Segundo, directing the traveling public to its headquarters, it was moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Hesser, that South Bay Veterans Service Center, Inc., through the agency of the Automobile Club of Southern California, be permitted to furnish and install, without cost to the City of El Segundo, a road sign or signs, indicating the location of its headquarters in Manhattan Beach, California; provided, however, that this permit is temporary only and may be revoked at the pleasure of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, without cause, without notice and without liability,'and provided further, that such -sign or signs as may be erected, shall be erected at such locations as may be approved by the Street Superintendent of the City of E1 Segundo, and their installation shall be prosecuted and completed to his satisfaction. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Thompson, Skelley and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. PAYING BILLS. The following demands, having had the approval of the Committee on Finance and Records, were read: Water Works Fund General Fund Pay Roll Demand No. 10698 to Pay Roll Demand No. 10704, Incl. $489.27 50795 to 50812, Incl. $770.51 Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas. 17.50 Pay Roll Demand No. Minta Curtzwiler, City Treas.' 44.20 50813 to 50824, Incl. 1004.25 State Employees' Retirement Pay Roll Demand No. System 26.68 50825 to 50851, Incl. 1540.47 State. Employees' Retirement Syst.33.27 Minta Curtzwiler, City Howard Supply Company 76.52 Treasurer 529.00 The Gates Rubber Co. .94 Mints. Curtzwiler, City Weddle Woodcraft Company 5.22 Treasurer 294.86 Kimball Elevator Co. Ltd. 6.00 State Employees' Retire - City of E1 Segundo 423.25 meat System 325.24 Southern Calif. Gas Co. 3.58 State Employees' Retire - Southern Calif. Telephone Co. 17.05 meat System 282.16 Southern Calif. Edison Co. 1291.77 ' State Employees' Retire - Grimes-Stassforth State Co. 1.28 ment System 4.41 State Compensation Ins. Fund 278.80 Western Union Tel. Co. 3.20 R. T. Hutchins, Petty Cash 30.99 George Ipswitch 4.36 Emanuel Jensen 1565:00 John F. Bender 59.00 TOTAL - $4311,32 So. Calif. Telephone Co. 125.21 So, Calif. Gas Co. 3.50 General Fund John F. Bender 105.75 Los Angeles Co. Health Dept. 2.33 Fletcher's Tire Service 12.76 Shepherd Tractor &.Equipt. Co. 9.02 Service Blueprint .77 Calif. Corrugated Culvert Co. 16.20 Goddard- Jackson Co. .67 State Comp. Insurance Fund 1898.82 Trade -Wind Motorfans, Inc. 6.66 So, Calif. Disinfecting Co. 10.54 E. Morgan 4.64 Harry Langlois 3.00 F. E. Dine 42.50 Lelah E. Converse 25.00 Wm. R. Selby 2.30 Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk 10.64 TOTAL $7097.77 Q 93"7 Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson the demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn on and paid out of the respective Rinds covering the same. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent:, Councilman Selby. NEW BUSINESS. The Mayor pro tem announced the appointments of Councilmen Peterson and Thompson as members of the Board of Trustees of El Segundo Public Library, to succeed them- selves as such Trustees when their terms expire June 30th, 1945. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Skelley, that the appoint- ments by the Mayor pro tem of the City of E1 Segundo of Councilmen Peterson and Thompson as members of the Board of Trustees of El Segundo Public Library, for the terms beginning at midnight June 30th, 19459 be and the same are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tern Rosser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Peterson, that Resolution No. 7629 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 448 OF SAID COUNCIL (CREATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE RECREATION COMMISSION OF SAID CITY), AS AMENDED TO DATE, BY AMENDING SECTION 2 THEREOF RELATING TO THE NUMBER AND METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS, which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tern Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman Hesser, the following resolution be adopted: WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore at this meeting, adopted Resolution-No. 762, reducing the number of members of the Recreation Commission from six members to five members, by eliminating the number provided for under Subdivision-(e) of Section 2 of Resolution No. 448 as amended by Resolution No. 582; AND, WHEREAS, the incumbent member appointed under the provisions of said Subdivision (e) was Mrs. A. Dana Burket; AND, WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the membership of said Commission to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Carl Wisberg, appointed under the provisions of Sub- division (b)'of said Section 2 of said Resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that said Mrs. A. Dana Burket be and she is hereby appointed as a member of the Recreation Commission of the City of E1 Segundo, under the provisions of Subdivision (b) of Section 2 of said Resolution No. 448 as amended to date, to take the place of Mr. Carl _ Wisberg resigned, and to serve for the remainder of the term for which said Carl Wisberg was appointed. 4 The foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None, Absent: Councilman Selby. Moved by Councilman Skelley, seconded by Councilman' Peterson, that Council- man Hesser and Mrs. Alice Hope be and they are hereby gppointed members of E1 Segundo Recreation Commission, to succeed themselves as such members when their current terms expire at midnight June 30th, 1945, such appointments being made pursuant to Subdivisions (a) and (b) respectively of Section 2 of Resolution No. 448 of the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, as amended by Resolution No. 762. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. Moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Skelley, that Resolution No. 763, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 733 OF SAID COUNCIL (THE SALARY RESOLUTION), BY P22—LADING SUBDIVISION 14 OF THE SCHEDULE OF COWTENSATION SET FORTH IN SECTION 1 OF SAID RESOLUTION RELATING TO EEPARTN04TAL CLERK SERVICES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 6 OF SAID RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR INCREASED COMPENSATION MJTE TO INCREASED COSTS OF WARTIME LIVING, which was read, be adopted. Carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Peterson, Skelley, Thompson and Mayor pro tem Hesser. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent: Councilman Selby. No further business appearing to be transacted at this meeting, it vas moved by Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson, the meeting adjourn. Carried. Approved: i Mayor. Respe