Borough Administration

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1949, Page 3

Borough Administration

j! Th& usualvf ortnightly meeting' of the Shannon tBorough Council was nqld on TueSday evening, when the :Mayor, Mr. D. A. Fitzge^ald, ' pfesided"'oVer pxs/ B. 'Clayton, V. J. Hateman/' C > M. Cronqiiest, L. rG. iSayer, C. G. Wishart and H. AitchijSon. . An Apology for absence was iireceive'd from Cr. R. s. Downes. j; :It was.hrought to the notice of the coiinpll^that Foxton and Otaki were tfeceiving a greater percentage of the. 'domain gate takings from football- matches than . • the Shannon couricil. Following a discussfon, it was resolved to write to the Horowhenua Rugby Union pointing out the position and asking that the same percentage of the gross takings be paid to the local council. Mr. W. Gardner waited on- the council and invited it to carry out an inspection of the frontage of his property with- a view to having some improvement carried out in the near future. The Mayor pointed out that the works committee had made arrangements for certain work to be done,- but other eounc'illor§ could make an inspection if thfey desired*. " ' ;'" A letteFffom the secretary of the Shanpon Ratepayers' Assoeiation with re'ference to the publishing in the Press of details * of building permits grahted by the council was received. i t . The librarian, Miss R. Sayer, was granted holidays and the Mayor repprted -that the • Mayoress would take over the duties ph a voluntary basis, but - additional assistance Would be required on Tuesday afternoons/ It was resolved to express thanks 'to the Mayoress and the matter of finding suitable assistance for the days required was left in the hands of Cr. Downes, acting chairman of the library committee. Cr. Downes tabled a report of the library's activiti&s for the past two months and said that at present there were 212 subscribers, 182 town and 30 country. A number of new books were also on the shelves, reported the chairman. ;,The chairman of..the domahis committee, j^Cdi Clayiof),? .repo^te^ that the- ce'metery' anU reseryes -ftad" received attention and were now in a:j very tidy condition. An inspection had. been made of the domain fpnce and seats. The necessafy' rjspairs were left in- the hands of the reserves committee. Cr. Bateman, . chairman. of the building committee, rdported that qne biiil'ding permit t6 theAalue of £35 was in order and on his motion i-t was granted. Authority was' given "the State Advances Corporation to instal a filtef chamber, at Grand Street. in connection with the State house.units in tvat street, Qh;thc'" rnotion of. cri B'atematt- a tender - fdYj £7" lOs'v^aS/aceepted fpr fenpvation work to be carried out ait the. Council .Chambers. It was stlshiTgsQlved' •tha't! the^ ceilingjjafs the.; council . bffice be. attp.nded^- 't© and % prifefe bbtaihed-' fdr 'Hhe stallation of fiuorescent lighting in the Council Chambers. It was agreed thau when the public rest room is opened the room at the rear of the Council Chambers be put in order for the use of the council staff. The chairman of the works committee, Cr. Sayer, reported that an

inspection of the borough had been made by his committee and certain works would be carried out as soon as staff was available. The question of employing extra staff to catch up with the work would be considered by. -the corpmittee^ went on Cr. Sayer.. Reporting Pn the trouble-on the frontage* of Mr. Gardner's property, Cr. Sayer said that this would be attended to when the grader was available. The Mayor -.reported that he had been:.: (Communication with the engineer| yrho is preparing - tlie wa,ter supply sc'heme and " said that he wodld' be in a position to hand a report to the council on re«eipt of certain information from a-pipe company. ■ " AUthority for the purchase of nretal was left in the hands of Cr.. Sayer and the town clerk. Leave of absence was granted Cr. c. M. Cronquest for the next meeting of the council. Accoun's psssed for payment amounted to £179 7s 3d and in-*' cluded wages £50 15s, hospital board £80 4s 6d anP Valuation Department £1G 17s 6d. 0