AN OFFICE ENGINEER.
TOE TOLLINGTON HAEBOUR BOARD.
; :;■-' NEW 'POSITION CEEATED. : ---The-position of Mr.;'E.' D. CachemaiUo, who was^ appointed -Acting-Engineer to- the' Welof g Mf *°^ d thß '"signation of Mr. -W. lergusou, engineer, '.was again before the board at'its meeting yesterday. The question was taken in committee,-• and 'd& cussed at - considerable length. The committee had before it a report bv tho w gmeer (Mr,' Marchbanks)- on'-the engineerW ■■U ,; ln , tn , ls; -report, the '.engineer recoßimended,- inter aflh.' that' Mr.' li.-' D.' :(S maiUe be given a position as Office Engineer.' When .the board resumed, the : folloivine■'"».' solution was ropofted:— ;■■: ..-■;' .-;■. -:. -. .- .
That Mr.E.D. Cachemaillo be appointed : Office Engineer- at a salary .of £400 per annum, subject to three months' notice on either side; and that the rest of the en- ; "giheer's report regarding staff be adopted. ■ The Hoiu T. Kennedy Macdonald, If.LC and Messrs.: E.'Fletcher and F.'G, Bolton pro'! tested against this motion.as being ultra vires on the ground that notice of motion ought to have been; given, as the motion was a\varia. tion of. a previous resolution concerning the position of. the officer in question.. The following amendment was moved by Mr. P. G. Bolton,, and seconded by the Hon. T Kennedy. Macdonald;— , , ■ '
That if it is: deemed desirable to create the now position of Office Engineer, applications be invited publicly for the posi- : '■' ' tion.-; •":■'.- ■.. ~ '..' '-.'." ■ • ' : The mover and seconder, and Mr. E. Fletcher insisted, in the course of an animated discussion, that the financial situation of the board rendered the present timeinopportune for the creation of a new office, unless such were really' necessary, which they submitted had not been shown to bo'the' case. ■.; : '-"' The amondinont was lost, the monibers voting as follows:—For the amendment: Messrs. Bolton, : Macdonald, and Fletcher! Against: Messrs. Darnell, Harkness, Cohon, H'Ewon, and.Jones.. i . The motion was carried. Mr. i'letcher.gavo notico that he would move at the" next meeting to rescind tho resolu- ~'''-■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 8
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316AN OFFICE ENGINEER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 8
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