The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-10
MAYOR OPPOSES
new ORDINANCE
MAYOR JONES OBJECTS TO ADD
ING ANOTHER sALARIED MAN
TO CITY PAY ROLL-WANTS
TAX RATE REDUCED.

To the members of the City Council
of Cordele.
Gentlemen:
l herewith submit to YOU my Objec-
tions and reasons for not approving
as Mayor of the City Of Cordele, the
ordinance adopted-by your body at "a
regular meeting Of council, September
s. 1916, entitled: can Ordinance Gre
ating a Recorders Court, and the
Election and Fixing Of Salary for
City Recorder, etc
list. | am of the opinion that it IS
unnecessary to create by ordinance
Recorders Court for the city OF Cor
dele. providing for the election OF a
City Recorder and fixing a salary for
such Recorder
I'd. Under the charter OF the city,
it is provided that each member of
council, as well as the Mayor, is lei
gible and can legally act as Recorder,
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Recorders Court and elect a Recorder
to preside over such a court and to
fix such Recorder a salary common
surate and in keeping with the po-
sition of City Recorder, would, in my
opinion be adding to the city's pay
roll and additional saIaried ofncer'
which is unnecessary, and would be
increasing the pay roll of the said
city. and further placing upon the tax
PAYERS of the city additional burden
without any necessity therefor, as
see and understand it.
Sd. The Recorders Court as s now
held and presided over by the Mayor
or any one of the six Aldermen OF the
city each Monday morning of each
week, only requires twenty or thirty
minutes to dispose Of such business as
comes before the court, and in my
opinion, creating q Recorders Court
and the office OF City Recorder, would
be fixing and placing upon the city
additional expense in such court and
the same is not demanded or required
for the carrying on Of the city's busl-
| ness. and would be unnecessary from
the standpoint Of eXpediting or dis
posing of such business as may come
| before the Mayors Court of said city.
4th. At this time the citys monthly
pay roll amounts to $1,5G2.5O, and III
nv opinion, instead of creating addl-
tional EXPENSE and increasing the
monthly pay roll of Che city, that we
should endeavor to economic and IN
stead of increasing expenses decrease
the same if possible to do so, and give
| to the tax payers of the city lower,
| instead of higher, taxes, and in my
onjnion. create new Offices and fix new
salaries to be paid without any de
| mard or necessity therefor, would be
urwisc and at this tine fixing upon
the tax payers Of the city addltiona!
EXPENSE which. in my. opinion. they
do not approve OF, The city is no"
paying employees annually the sum
Of $18.75O in salaries, and 20 increase
the same, in my judgment, would be
! extremely unwise on the part OF the
council.
| 5th. Under section 80 Of the Char
ter of Cordele, it is my duty as Mayor
to keen the Board of Aldermen advised
from time to time OF the general con
ditions OF the city and to recommend
such measures as l may deem nee
essary or expedient for the welfare OF
the city.
9Th. / beg to call your attention Il
Il Section 124 OF the Charter of the city
OF Cordele. providing that every or
dinance and resolution passed by the
\ Board of Aldermen may be subject &c