The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-22
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TO MUCH POLITICS IN MAYORS
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 proposed amendment desiref by the fire commission that the Commission
 be given complete charge of the de- partment. to eliminate the permanent
 clerk cause and to put the 70. K.'' on
 that part giving the fire commission
 absolute control of the fire hydrants and fire alarm telegraph system and to allow the appointment of one per
 manent assistant chief.
 A proposed amendment coming from the board of Health giving that board turned down by the committee as the
 members believe the department should continue to be governed by city ordinances.
 The committee turned down the amendment proposed by Mayor Lee
 that the Mayor should have 60 days instead of 35 to consider measures
 passed by the Common Council before
 approving or disapproving. The May or at previous meeting informed the
 committee that any amendment which
 he proposed and which was not ap- proved by the Common Council would be offered at Hartford just the same. \ President Bullard's recommendation that the salaries of the members of the Fire department be paid through the clerk and not through the city au- ditor; also a recommendation from the
 same source that the Fire Commission CTS be allowed to determine what per- centage of salaries each fireman shall pay into the pension fund, were ap
 proved. s3
 Other amendments agreed upon are that the clerk of the Board of Asses
 sors shall enjoy a two years term in stead of a four years sit, as was pro- posed; that the members of the Board of Relief shall serve for four years as
 Ixy r
 Mayor to have the power, of appoint ment. Mayor Lee informed the com
 mittee that he would name the pres
 ent members for the longer term. City Attorney Cullinan's suggestion
 governing the creation of Board of
 Public Works was adopted by the com
 mittee. Mayor Lees plan was to
 make the term of each of the six com
 missloners six years. MT. Cullinan's suggestion was to limit the terms to /, three years each, which is on the | same basis as the Board of Apportion-
 ment. The plan as agreed to pro- vides for the appointment of two mem and two for three years at the outset, and after that two members are to be appointed annually for a term of three years.
 Alderman Morrissey would not vote for the creation of the commission as 1AS SOASiOCAS lilS pldu uIlWlSO. I10 Is of the opinion that Bridgeport is bet 1 ter off under the present system than New Haven and Hartford where com- missions similar to the one proposed for here are in vogue. He reminded the members that the city once had a l Board of Public Works and that it was abolished in favor of the present plan
 Alderman Tague said he was much op-
 posed to the present plan of electing Park Commissioners as he deemed an eight year term too long,
 Samuel P. Senior and Charles M. 1 Gerdinier of the Bridgeport Hydraulic l Co.,, appeared before the committee relative to the Mayors plan to have all excavations in thoroughfares filled by the city at the expense of the cor porations making the excavations Both men stated that they. had sev-
 eral gangs working about the city all
 the time and that the proposition as 1 laid down by the Mayor would be too expensive if the city maintained gangs of workmen to fill in the holes dug by i the corporations gangs. It was de- cided to corcede to the wishes of the Hydraulic Co.,, and require corporations to replace the pavementS and fill in the excavations at their own expense,
 and to the satisfaction of the Depart
 ment of Public Works. This is no | change at all.
 | Alderman Morrissey told Supt. Ger dinier that his company had been re-
 moving Mack brick i'll North Main street and replacing it with soft brick.
 MT. Gerdinier said the company would
 use Mack brick if it could get them,
 and he blamed the use of the poor brick to the firm which furnished them. | The Amendment committee will make | a, report to the Common Council at the next meeting of the board.