THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1945
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Council Orders
New Sidewalks;
Minnick Ousted
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city still would accept the amount
once ofiered by the church for the
vacant lot next to the church build
ing. It seems that the church of
fered $175 for this lot three years
ago and the council at that time
voted to accept the offer. But
tnrough some mix-up the matter
was never completed and the deed
issued. The council voted to rescind
the former action of the old coun
cil and to take the matter under
advisement as to whether or not to
accept such a price for the lot at
this time. The church official said
he would also take the matter up
with the church members to see if
a better offer could be made, as aP
realized that the property is worth
more now than when the first bar
gain was made.
Then came the matter of the ask
ing for the resignation of- Oscar
Minnick. Mr. Minnick arose and
| asked why he had been suddenly
i asked to resign. He said he felt
that he had done nothing to warrant
such action and wanted the council
to state exactly why it was done.
. Mayor Setness told him that the
! matter had been hanging fire for
some time and was not a sudden
action on the part of the city. He
said the members of the city coun
cil had come to feel that lack of
cooperation on his part compelllcd
them to take some drastic action.
Councilman Bigham, as chairman
of the street committee made the
frank statement that he had never
been able to get street work done
as he thought it should be done
since he had taken office last Jan
uary. Other councilmen alsc said
that the whole council had met last
Monday evening and discussed the
matter and all agreed the best thing
to do was to ask for his resigna
tion.
Finally, (Mr. Minnick having re
fused to voluntarily resign) on mo
tion of Councilman Abbott, it was
voted to stop Mr. Minnick’s salary
as of last night, but to allow him
one week’s vacation with pay and
one week sick leave, also with pay,
in lieu of the usual notice.
Following this action the matter
of the appointment of someone to
take over the work of the water de
partment and the street work also
was brought up. On motion of
Councilman Abbott, who stated that
the matter had been thoroughly
thras ied out at the private council
meeting attended by the entire
council Monday evening and a un
animous decision arrived at, he
moved that the city employ Mr. Art
Rupp as water superintendent and
foreman of all city employes.
That motion immediately started
a commotion. Mr. C. E. Gilkey
sprang to his feet ahd stated that
while he had no personal feeling
against Mr. Rupp, he felt that he
was not the man for the job. He
said that it was understood that
Rupp had stung the city heavily
in the matter of the building of the
rest rooms at the city park this year
and said if he would sting the city
on one job he might do so on anoth
er. Mr. Rupp immediately started
to defend himself and showed that
the building cost far less than the
reported price of $1100. He called
on the recorder to produce the can
celled bills for the building. A to
tal of these figures showed that the
building, including the plumbing
metal roof, cement floor and pum
ice block walls cost the city $800
instead. Mr. Gilkey then admitt’d
that he had been misinformed and
withdrew his objection to the ap
pointment.
After a good deal of argument
pro and con Councilman Abbott
withdrew his motion and Mayor
Setness then announced his formal
appointment of Arthur Rupp as wa
termaster and city foreman. Mr.
Abbott then moved that the ap
pointment be confirmed for a pro-
bationary period of six months at
a salary of $300 per month, wh.ch
motion carried unanimously.
Next came the matter of the ap
pointment of an assistant for Mr
Rupp and the mayor announc’d
the appointment of Mr. C. W. Pow
ell as such an assistant at a salar,
of $225 per month, also on a pro
bationary basis. Powell has been
working for the city for the past
week and a half as an assistant for
Mr. Minnick, who had been endeav
oring to keep up the work of taking
care of the city park, street work
and the watermasters work, alone,
since the appointment of the new
City Marshal who now has nothing
to do with such work.
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