HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/15/44 ...... December 1~, 19~4
Special meeting of the City'Council of the City of B~emerton, Washington, held
in the Mayor,s office at 10:~0 A.M., Friday, December 1~, 19AA. Mayor Kean pre-
s!ding~ Commissioner Haddo~, Commissioner Gorst, the City Treasurer, the Assistant
City Attorney and Mr. Davisson, State Examiner, being present.
Mr. Kean explained that the meeting was calla~ for the purpose of discussing
salaries in connection with the Traffic Division of the Police Department and also
in connection with the salaries of the Police and Fire Departments affected by the
inttative passed by a vote of the people at f2~e General Election.
After discussion of the above by the Council and on m0,tion by Mr. Kean and Mr.
Gorst that in connection with the Traffic Division of the Police Department the
salaries designated in the initative be established as base pay and that Motorcycle
Patrolmen be allowed $8.00 per month additional for clothing as formerly allowed;
also that in the case of the patrolman assigned as Radio Technician the salary in
the initative be allowed as Base pay and an additional $~0.OO be allowed for these
services, carried, all members v6~ing Yes.
Following a discussion by the Council of th® difficulty the paFroll clerk
would encounter in ascertaining the different g~ades of calss and pay in the Fire
Department and the Police Department under the initative, a motion by Mr. Kean
and Mr. Gorst that the Civil Service Secretary-Examiner be requested to verify
the status of the various members of the Fire and Police Departments, and establish
the base pa~, based on the members experience in their line of work, carried.
December 18, 1944 (Con't)
Mr. Davisson advised that the grades in the Fire and Police Departments should
be based on experience, as claimed, prior to their employment by the City.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst that the grades be based £or third class on
less than one year,s experience; second class be based on more than one year's ex-
perience, but less than two year,s experience; first class is to be based on exper-
ience of two years or over, carried.
Motion by Mr. Kean and Mr. Gorst to adjourn, carried.
APPROVED: ~ity Cl~rk