BOOK 19_1942-09-08 to 1945-05-07

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Councilman Hilton brought out the fact that when Attorney Millington was addressing Y the Council earlier in the meeting he mentioned tYat several automobilet-con- cerns have more than one used car lot and suggested that the City Marn.ger be instructed to, check into the matter and find out if such cases are existing. Mr. Miles spoke from the floor and said that several service stations in . town are handling used cars and asked if something could be done about it. z 1 Councilman Fletcher commented that there wa-s an ordinance against such a prac- tice unless the station paid the regular fee. Councilman Anderson suggested the City Manager Should check into this matter also. Claims Nae 3539 to 3573 in the amount of $4796.11 were approved and ordered paid on 4 motion of Councilman McNulty, ,seconded by Councilman Fletcher. Councilman Britschgi brought up the fact that dome of the councilmen had been finding fault and were critical of the fact that a few of the city employees were living outside the city limits. He asked that the matter be brought out in the open. and discussed thoroughly and suggested it be placed on the agenda. of the next mee tin g. 1 d Mayor Granger stated he believed that this .time was gd good a time as any to discuss the matter and asked for the opinions of the Council. Councilman Anderson said if times were normal the situation would be dif- ferent but *I.Vh the acute shortage of houses he did not think it was Pair to make an issue of it. He -did not believe the Council could ask the employees to pay inflation prices in order to find a place to live. � Councilman McNulty asked the Tribune reporter to gee that all remarks.were put Into the newspaper so that the people of Redwood City would know where the i Council stood on the matter. He believed -city employees should live within the limits of the city.. Mayor Granger said the Charter provided that city employees should live within the City,and that the only thing the Council could do was to live up -to s the Charter. He said he believed the fact that 'there were city employees living outside the city would be an issue in April. City Manager Mead expressed the%fact that he was very grateful that the matter had been brought up. He explained there were five city employees, in - eluding the city manager and the city clerk, living outside the city limits. He felt that he had been operating "under a cloud" and that various comments haft come back to him from time to time. he stated that he has been looking for a home in Redwood City ever since he was appointed City Manager and that he had looked at a house earlier in the day idUch was priced at $11,500. It was 14 or 15 years old and the real estate dealer had told him it was build for 09,000 and was not worth any more than that now. He stated that this was only :)n one incident :•1•,1ie encountered in his search for a home. He believed that the , one thing the people in the city looked to was efficient service .and believed that was far and above the provision set up in the Charter regarding residence in the city. He further stated there were to be some 6000 to $7000 homes allowed to be built under the Title 6 program and that the final information on • that would probably be released in two or three weeks. He stated he would pre - Per to live within the city and asked the tolerance of the Council and the people of Redwood City for himself and the other employees and said they unuld continue to devote every effort to becoming citizens of Redwood City.