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GuiBding, Civil Peffense, EVOanager Review Activities (Editor's nole: This is ihe last of a series of articles describing the purposes, 1959 accomplishments and 1960 plans of Medford's 18 departments, boards and commissions as they were reported at the city's Living Annual Report banquet last week. This article gives an account of the reports of the building department civil defense department and the city manager's re port.) ' BUILDING DEPARTMENT The functions of the build ing department include plan checking issuing permits for building, plumbing, electrical work, heating, air condition ing, signs, fences, demolition, moving and special permits for the use of streets or side walks. In addition, reported Build ing Safety Director O. R. Mc Neel, the department inspects building, plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning installations. They also number streets, have appeal boards, plumbing and electrical examining boards, prepare and maintain zoning maps, conduct depart ment training programs, su pervise the maintenance and improvements of public build ings and prepare a yearly de partment budget. Department Personnel The personnel of the de partment is comprised of the director of building safety two building inspectors, two plumbing inspectors, one elec trical inspector and one clerk. McNeel said. Jin 1959, 1,843 permits, in cluding 208 for new resi dences, were issued by the de partment, having a record total valuation of 810,869,869 To compare 1959's record total with other years, Mc Neel pointed out that in 1958 some 1,139 permits were is sued for a total of $5,778,527 and in 1957 764 permits val ued at $4,795,615 were issued The department made 16,- 076 inspections and collected total fees of $37,015.87, he said. Forecasts Activities In forecasting the years building activity, he said, "From our viewpoint all in dications are that 1960 will be another banner year for building in Medford, and we estimate the total valuation to be well over the $10 mil lion mark." McNeel picked out the in service training program for special emphasis and said it has been of great value to the department in their dealings with the public and in in creasing the staffs knowledge of administrative procedures and city laws. Although two inspectors were added to the depart ment's staff last year, he said, it is still understaffed and in order to give the public the kind of service to which it is entitled, additional person nel will be needed. McNeel concluded by say ing, "We are all working to ward the same goal-a larger and better city." CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT The purpose of the Medford civil defense department is to provide an efficient attack warning system and render prompt and effective aid to the citizens of Medford in the event of an emergency, Col. Arthur M. Savard, director reported. In addition, he said, the de partment is to receive and care for persons evacuated from target areas, provide ra diological fallout detection equipment and provide for the maintenance and restora tion of city resources as quick ly as possible. They also, on request from the Jackson county civil de fense organization, provide mobile support to areas out side of the city in accordance with the county civil defense operations plan. Install Receivers In 1959, Savard reported, the local organization ac quired and installed seven radio transmitter receivers for the meter warning net, and installed a high frequen cy radio transmitter and re ceiver to permit communica tion with the Oregon emer gency nets. ' One of last year's major developments, he said, was the move ofthe communications center to a city-owned build ing at the Medford airport. This move became neces sary, Savard explained, when the Jackson County Red Cross withdrew the space it had previously provided for the center. All the communications equipment was moved, in stalled and tested in one week end by amateur radio opera tors, who, he pointed out, should be commended for their efforts and assistance in Jocal civil defense work. Provide Support There were no local disas ters requiring civil defense action last year but the agen cy did provide communica tions support in the Roseburg disaster and the Ashland fire, it was reported. Savard also pointed out in his report that the need for a comprehensive Medford dis aster plan has been estab lished and preliminary meet ings and discussions toward this plan were held with city and county officials in 1959. In 1960 the - department hopes to procure matching federal and state funds to provide for emergency power for the Medford radio com munication nets, for the ex pansion and modernization of the present communications system and to provide for ad ditional necessary civil de fense equipment. The agency also hopes to see the completion of a prac tical diaster plan for the city in 1960, the report concluded. CITY MANAGERS REPORT City Manager Robert Duff outlined his duties as the ad ministrative head of the city, reviewed some of the high lights of 1959 and briefly summarized the city's tax structure, in his report. The city manager prepares the annual budget, sees that all city ordinances and laws are enforced, acts as purchas ing agent for all departments and appoints and removes all appointive officers of the city with the exception of the municipal judge, who is ap pointed by the mayor. In addition, he acts as business agent of the city council, attends all council meetings, keeps the council advised as to the needs of the city, submits the annual re ports of all departments and other reports as the city may require, has general super vision over all city property and performs such other du ties as shall be directed by the council. BUY YflBUK NEW CAR IN MOFORD Southern Oregon's Auto Shopping Center! Shop during DEALER DAYS Big Selections High Trade-ins Some of 1959's highlights that Duff brought out, ex cluding those already review ed in other department's re ports, were the authoriza tion of an air pollution study, (which has not yet been com pleted), meetings held here by the director of the Nation al Parking association, stu dent government day, plans adopted and contract award ed for the Berrydale sanitary sewer and the preservation of the Clark st. railroad cross ing. The city also entered into a 10-year contract with the Medford rural fire protection district, saw the beginning of park and shop lots, and com pleted sanitary sewer systems in Kenwood - Grandview, North Laurelhurst and Berry dale districts. The sanitary sewer proj ects, Duff said, were some of the most outstanding accom plishments of last year be cause they cleaned up critical sanitary conditions on the perimeter of the city. Previous Reports He summarized the pre vious reports of city agencies by saying "they have outlined their plans and priorities for the current year, which will Features Becoming All Too Familiar. Tabor City, N.C.-One man's face is entirely too familiar to William G. Harper. This man knocked at the door of Harper's home. When he opened it the visitor put a knife at Harper's, throat and stole a small amount of money. Eight days later, the same man did the same thing and got $10. be achieved within the frame work of the statutory budget limitations." He said that it is anticipat ed that these revenues will be obtained from the follow ing sources in the following proportions: General property taxes, 30 per cent: reserves and bal ances, 17 per cent; other agencies, 14 per cent; licenses and permits, 11 per cent; fines, 2 per cent; interest and serv ices, 10 per cent; assessments and bonds, 16 per cent. Duff noted that the city receives only 31 cents out of each ad valorum tax dollar. In his conclusion, Duff said, "It is difficult at this time to forecast, but if as sessed valuations keep pace with the building permits re flected in the city records, the city's tax levy will prob ably not .be increased for 1960-61." , . V" ',!ss "a"wr" CHESSMAN WRITES TELEGRAM - Author-convict Caryl Chessman, right, in what may be his last press conference, is watched at San Quentin prison as he writes a telegram to Gov. Edmund Brown. Chessman made a dramatic turnabout Wed nesday after the Supreme Court rejected his 15th appeal, and placed his fate in the hands of the governor. (UPI Telephoto) Ambulance Travel Difficult Business National City, Calif. -Debbie Bretzfeld finally made it to a hospital after she was struck by a car. One ambulance was called. Its brakes failed. A second was summoned. It caught fire. A third made the run. University Group Supports Repeal Eugene - The University of Oregon chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Professors has expressed its appreciation to President Ei enhower for his recommenda tion of repeal of the "dis claimer affidavit" in the Na tional Defense Education act. President Eisenhower in his budget message made a strong recommendation for a repeal of the provision in the act which prohibits payments or loans to any individual unless he executes an affidavit that he does not believe in or be longs to any organization that teaches the illegal overthrow of the Government. Eisenhower's message stat ed: "This affidavit require ment is unwarranted and justifiably resented by a large part of our educational com munity, which feels that it is being singled out for this re quirement." In a wire to the President, the local AAUP stated: "The University of Oregon chapter, American Association of Uni versity Professors, deeply ap preciates the forthright rec ommendation in your budget message to repeal the dis claimer affidavit in the Na tional Defense Education act. This expression of confidence in the educational community is most encouraging." The AAUP chapter earlier had gone on record with a petition that the administra tion of the university recom mend to the Oregon state board of higher education that no further awards be made under the act until the dis claimer affidavit was remov ed as a requirement for loans, grants, or scholarships. American Zoos To Get Spanish Storks Jerez De La Frontera, Spain (UPD Two American zoos will soon receive from this Spanish town some of the "lucky" storks that can be seen strolling its streets the way pigeons strut about in U.S. parks. The storks will be sent to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Okla homa City, Okla., and to the Zoological Society of Buffalo, N.Y., by Alberto Duran Te jera of the Jerez Zoo. According to Spanish folk lore, the storks not only made certain that Jerez had plenty of babies but also 'assured good fortune to the vintners whose sherry wine business is the principal industry of this area. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 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