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STREET PARKETTE, ALL AS SET FORTH IN A REPORT
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS, AND
IN THE CITY MANAGER ?S COMMUNICATION DATED
AUGUST 10, 1956; AND
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE EXPENDITURE
OF THE SUM OF $2,106.37 BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE
WORK OF COMPLETION OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET PARKETTE.
CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCILMEN FREDERICK, GORDON AND MAYOR
BENFIELD;
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE;
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN BAKER AND MESCHUK.
9. THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTLY HAS FOUR ADDI-
TIONAL POLICE OFFICERS READY TO REPORT FOR WORK AND TWO REPLACE-
MENTS, MAKING A TOTAL OF SIX POLICE OFFICERS, AND HE HAS LEARNED
THAT A FIVE -WEEK BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT RIVERSIDE
DURING SEPTEMBER AND THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER, THE COST OF AT-
TENDANCE BEING $21.00 PER PERSON PER WEEK, AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT
SUCH NEW POLICE OFFICERS BE AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND SAID TRAINING
PROGRAM INASMUCH AS THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO HAS NO FACILITIES FOR
THE CONDUCTING OF SUCH TRAINING; THAT HE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THE
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE BE ALLOWED TO TAKE A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AS PUT OUT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CITY
MANAGERS? ASSOCIATION, THE COST THEREOF NOT TO EXCEED $35.00.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY BEING OF THE
OPINION THESE WERE LEGITIMATE EXPENDITURES, IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL-
MAN GORDON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FREDERICK, THE FOLLOWING RESOLU-
TION BE ADOPTED:
REWLVED, THAT SIX NEW POLICE OFFICERS RE-
CENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY BE AUTHORIZED TO AT-
TEND A FIVE -WEEK BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM TO BE
HELD AT RIVERSIDE DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
AND THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER, AT A COST OF NOT
TO EXCEED $21.00 PER WEEK PER PERSON; AND
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE DIRECTOR
OF FINANCE BE AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PRO-
CURE NECESSARY TEXTBOOKS FOR A CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE IN MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS?
ASSOCIATION, AT A COST OF NOT TO EXCEED 35.00.
CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCILMEN FREDERICK, GORDON AND MAYOR
BENFIELD;
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE;
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN BAKER AND MESCHUK.
THE CITY CLERK PRESENTED FOR THE COUNCIL ?S ACCEPTANCE
A DEED EXECUTED BY A. A. MCCRAY, TRUSTEE, DEEDING TO THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO LOTS 15 AND 16, BLOCK 370 FOR STORM DRAIN PURPOSES.
MOVED BY COUNCILMAN FREDERICK, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
GORDON, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED:
RESOLVED, THAT THAT CERTAIN GRANT DEED,
DATED THE IOTH DAY OF JULY, 1956, EXECUTED BY
A. A. MCCRAY, TRUSTEE, CONVEYING TO THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LOS
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