BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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up for these classes Thursday, January 24th, at the #2 Fire House. The Mayor and members of the Council expressed their appreciation for the ashtrays. Councilman Armstrong advised that the-Pinance Committee had held a meeting in re- gard to the handling of the cost of postcard notices and it was the recom- mendation of the committee that such fees be paid to the city treasury and that the city attorney be reimbursed for his out-of-pocket costs for costs borne by him upon submission of proper voucher and the voucher be charged to the account set up for the city attorney in the budget. He offered this i recommendation in the form of a motion whicli was seconded by Councilman McNulty and passed unanimously.. a Communication was received from the Southern San Mateo County Board of Realtors recommending that the. Council adopt a plan to be submitted to the Council 7 by the Martin Transportation Company asking for relocation of bus loading zones and redirection of traffic to and from the S. P. Depot. Mr. Aaron Glickman, a traffic consultant employed by the Martin Transpor- tation Company, appeared before the Council advising that he was making a survey of the traffic problem-in Redwood City for the bus company with the idea of working out a plan for the redirection of the routes. This survey is not as yet complete and he asked that the matter be placed on i the agenda.of the Council for -the next meeting. Councilman Granger asked ti that a copy of the report be submitted to the Council before the next meet-.it ing to allow time for study. This Mr. Glickman agreed to do. The matter 1 was placed on the agenda. ` City Manager Blom presented tabulation of the bids received for the g purchase of e new fire apparatus and sale of old equipment. He advised that he had con- suited with the fire chief and members of the fire department as to the most desirable make of fire trucks. He stated that actually the bide were bery close and that in consideration of the money involved and the length of time the city expects to use the equipment, the original purchase price might not be the most important factor. The tabulation was discussed and the features of each of four makes of equipment. The American La France and Seagrave Companies each agreed that the $200 bid for the old equipment would be allowed on the purchase price of the new equipment and the city would be permitted to retain the old equipment. The city would then.be.en- abled to sell this old equipment and it was his opinion that considerable more than $200 would be realized on the sale. On that basis, it was City Manager Blom's opinion that the bids of Seagrave and American La France would be low. It was his opinion and that of the members of the fire department that the choice of the equipment was a matter of performance �• and it was recommended that the award be made to the Seagrave Corporation on a net bid of $22,670.45. City Manager Blom advised he would like to have r an opportunity to make further agreement with the Seagrave Corporation relative to retaining ownership of the old equipment so that the city can dispose of it. He also advised that discussion had been held in regard to the delivery date of the equipment, the estimated date in the bids varying from July 1 to October 1, 1946. He stated that it had been desired to have 199