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COUNGIL CHAMBER
J"anuary 1, 1945
The Council met in regular session at 8 P.M. . with
the c~ty Attorney and the following members present: Hr.
J"acobs, Mr. Thayer, Mr. ~Vaters, and Hr. Wodischek. Mr. MoFee
was absent,
By motion regularly made, seconded. and cllrried, the
minutes of regular meeting held December 28th., special
meetings of December 29th., and 30th., were approved as
Mayor Thaye"I- thanked the ijlembers of the ,Council fot".
their 100% attendance during the past year. '"Ie alab expres"se
his gratitude to Gouncilman Jacobs who had heihped him all,
through the year. An expression of appreciation was giveR.....
the ladies who were responsible for beautifylng the Goun~i.
room.
There being no further business to come before
retiring Council, it was regularly moved, seconded
imo\lsly carried that Gouncil Adjourn sine die.
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COUNCIL CHAJlffiER
J"anuary 1, 1945
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The City Council ass~bled at 8 P.M. for the annual,
organization meeting, as provided by Section 12 of the City
Charter. The City Attorney, Councilman J"acobs, Thayer
Waters, and Councilman elect M. M. DeWitt and C. J". 'Vl1ite
were present.
The Oath of Office was administered to newly elected
Councilmen DeWitt and 'Vhite by the City Clerk, after which
she announced the next order of business to be the selection
of a Mayor for the ensuing year, and declared the. meeting
open for nominations to this office.
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. Mr. Waters nominated I"r. Thayer for )'ayor, Mr Jacoba
seconded the motion which carried unanimously on roll~8l1.
Mayor Thayer turned the Chair over to Councilman
'.vaters, and nominated M.M. De'Vitt as Vice-Mayor. Mr. Jacobs
seconded the motion, which on roll call,carried
C()uncilman Jacobs moved that all city employees,
and' committees, other than the standing committees, be re..
tained on the same basis as thev were 'in 1944. CouncilLman
White seconded the motion, which carried by a unanimous vote
of the Council.
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By motion regularly made, seconded and carried,
Nowlin was r,etained as City Attorney.
M.M. De'Vitt nominated W.E. Wilcox as JUdg".
seconded the nomination. Mr. Jacobs nominated J'.M'.
and expressed himself as being opposed to Changing the
each yea~. He stated it took a man a yea~ to learn the
and then after learning ,it, the Council usually fired
put on another man. After discussing the matter, Councilman
Waters retracted his second, and a ballot vote .was cast and
the results were as fpllows: .
'Y. E. ''iilcox
J".M. Cl'omer
3 votes
2 votes
Mr. 'Vilcox was declared J"udge by a majority vote of
the Council.
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Councilman '.Vaters iffoved that a vote Of appreciation
be given Judge Cromer for the splendid Job he did tJ;W past'"
year. Mr. J"acobs seconded the motion Which on roll call
carried unanimously.
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FINANCE AND ORDINmCE
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J"anuary 1, 1945
Upon the Mayor's recommen~ation, the following
Committee were appointed:-
STREETS AND LIGHTING
C. J. \Vl1;tte
',V. M. \Va'ters
M. M. DeWitt
W. ?{. 'Yaters
C. J. White
Jno. A. Thayer
WATER
M. M. DeWitt
lV. A. Jacobs
W. M. Waters
\V, A. Jacoba
John A. Tnaye:tt
C. J". White
PARKS. AND BEAUTIFICATION
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Jno. A. Thayer
M. M. DeWitt
',V. A. Jacobs
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By motion regularly made, seconded and carried;,t~"
Council agreed to meet regularly on the second and fourth~
Monday nights of each month at 8 o'clock P.M.
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The fol~owing is a list of employees re-appointedp0
for the next year:-
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',w. O. Winn
J. W. Nowlin
Geo. Pinckney
R. C. Croft
Jas. Grantham
Elmer Deese
Frank Stanley
\V.V. Oroft
Dan Meadows ..
A. G. Ranson
Thos. G. Lyman
E. lV. Cooper
C. C. Turner
Betty Ball
. Samuel Ogren
Aud1tor
Attorney
Plumbing Inspector'
Police Chief .
,Ass 't Police
Police
Police
Fire Chief
Ass't Fire Chief'
Plant Foreman
Fireman .
Fireman
Supt. Publ ic
Pool Manager
Tax Assess'()r
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Catherine E. Strong
Marjorie P. Winn
Alta K&shinz
Alice G. Helvenston
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Tax collector, Treasurer!
City Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Deputy Clerk
There being no further business to come before the
Council, Council adjourned.
Approved.
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Ci ty Clerk