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3. THAT AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE SOUTH BAY HIGHWAY
COMMITTEE SAID COMMITTEE HAD TAKEN ACTION REQUESTING ALLOCATION
OF GASOLINE TAX MONEY FROM THE COUNTY FOR IMPROVING AND WIDENING
TWO ROADWAYS AND HAD URGED THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE SIMILAR
ACTION; THAT ONLY ONE HIGHWAY WITHIN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO WAS
INVOLVED, TO WIT: ROSECRANS AVENUE FROM AVIATION BOULEVARD TO
HIGHLAND AVENUE, AND INASMUCH AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ALREADY
ADOPTED A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE IMPROVEMENT AND WIDENING OF
SAID THOROUGHFARE, HE FELT NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NECESSARY.
4. THAT AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HE WAS
INSTRUCTED TO INVESTIGATE A NUISANCE MATTER CAUSED BY HAULING OF
SAND AND GRAVEL IN THE 100 BLOCK OF LOMA VISTA STREET; THAT THE
CHIEF OF POLICE HAD REPRESENTED HIM AT A MEETING HELD THIS DATE
WITH THE PERSONS IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONS AND HAD LEARNED THAT
WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TEN DAYS SAID OPERATIONS WILL BE MOVED TO
THE WEST AND THE HAULING WILL BE DONE OVER THE NEW GRAND AVENUE
ROAD.
5. THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE CITY CLERK
TO THE EFFECT THAT DURING THE TIME SHE WILL BE ABSENT ON VACATION
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER A GREAT NUMBER OF HEARINGS WILL
BE HELD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT DURING HER ABSENCE SHE IS
PLACING MRS. JAYNE FIELD IN CHARGE OF HER OFFICE; THAT SHE HAD
RECOMMENDED THAT MRS. FIELD BE COMPENSATED AT THE SALARY PRESENTLY
PAID THE SECRETARIES AND THAT HE CONCURRED IN THIS RECOMMENDATION.
THEREAFTER, IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMAN GORDON, SECONDED
BY COUNCILMAN FREDERICK, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED:
RESOLVED, THAT DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE
CITY CLERK ON VACATION FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS
IN SEPTEMBER, MRS. JAYNE FIELD BE COMPENSATED
FOR HER SERVICES AS ACTING CITY CLERK AT THE
SALARY PRESENTLY SET FOR SECRETARIES, TO WIT:
424.00 PER MONTH, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD, HOW-
EVER, THAT IN ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION AND AP-
PROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
AND THE CITY CLERK, AS HEREINABOVE STATED, THE
COUNCIL IS IN NO WAY ESTABLISHING A PRECEDENT.
CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCILMEN FREDERICK, GORDON AND MAYOR
BENFIELD;
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE;
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN BAKER AND MESCHUK.
6. THAT DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL WORK IN
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE CITY ENGINEER
HAD REQUESTED HE BE FURNISHgD WITH A TYPIST -CLERK AND THAT UN-
DOUBTEDLY IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUCH
CLERK UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM IS TAKEN CARE
OF.
MOVED BY COUNCILMAN
GORDON, THAT THE CITY MANAGER
EMPLOY A TYPIST -CLERK FOR THE
SUCH PERSON TO BE COMPENSATED
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL
VOTE:
FREDERICK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
BE AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY,
UNDER SCHEDULE 4 OF THE SALARY
SEGUNDO. CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING
AYES: COUNCILMEN FREDERICK, GORDON AND MAYOR
BENFIELD;
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE;
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN BAKER AND MESCHUK.
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