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.
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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."
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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. O
Thursdiy, Feb. 18, 1960 AJ
Hapsburg Empire
Tradition Boosted
Vienna - (LTD - Restoration
of the Austrian State furni
t u r e collection i s keeping
alive the splendor and tradi
tion of the Hapsburg Empire
in new Vienna.
The furniture agency, suc
cessor to the court furniture
depots founded in 1750 dur
ing the reign of the Empress
Maria Teresa, continues the
collection and restoration of
the invaluable pieces once
housed in the royal palaces.
The collection suffered
great damage during the last
year of World War II, but
many famous pieces have
been repaired since the end
of the occupation in 1951.
LEATHER INDUSTRY
Ottawa - Abut 4.800 per
sons are engaged in the leath
er industry of Canada.
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