The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-11-14
COUNCIL GOES after
OUR JOE kULT Again
WANTS ALL STREET
LOITERING STOPPED
Question of Raising Salaries of Street
Commissioner and Nightwatch
Held Over

Council at its regular meeting Tues
day night passed its first constructive
legislation in months when it adopted
resolution authorizing the street
commissioner to go ahead and lay
proper sidewalk in front of the Joe
Ault property on Smith road. Council
has been after Ault for year or
more and as early in the year as
April Is, passed resolution authoriz-
ing the step which was taken Tuesday
night. Ault, however, did lay one
piece of walk in front of one of his
Prospect street properties this sum-
mer. 1t was also decided that side
walks in front of the Tanner prop
erty on N. Court street, in front Of
the John Schafer property on Baxter
street, and from C. P. Dickerman's
on Huntington street to the corner
would all be improved by the village
as temporary measure, and that in
the event the property owners did not
get busy in the spring the street CON-
missioner would be called upon to
build walks as in the Ault case and
collect the bill from the owners.
A committee representing the new
ly formed Community club was pres
ent and asked councils permission to
post warning signals to automobilists
near the public schools. This was
granted Another request they made
was to the effect that the ordinance
prohibiting lettering on street corners
be enforced. The mayor promised to
instruct the nightwatchman to pre-
vent same in the future. A third re-.
quest of the Community Club was
that Riverside Drive" or Smith road
be beautified by thorough cleaning
out of Champion Creek. In this mat
ter council advised that the county
commissioners would be the ones who
would have to pass on it. Council, as
a body, expressed a willingness and
desire to cooperate with this organi-
zation in any matter for the better
ment Of the town.
The matter of totalling the votes
taken at the municipal election last
Tuesday was prevented from the fact
that the poll blank for precinct A
could not be located. In the matter
of bond for the village treasurer
council took no action as Mr.. Hard
ing had failed to file same. The
work is being carried on at present
by the old treasurer, Ward Washburn,
who is desirous of relinquishing the
position, having resigned some two
months ago.
The question Of raising the salaries
OF street commissioner and night
watch was brought up and two ordi-
nances to this effect were produced.
What it would be necessary to pay
for these positions was not deter
mined however, and Mayor-eect Hart
.. zog, who was present, promised to get
in touch with the situation and find
out by the next regular meeting at
what figure men could be secured. It
is customary to appoint the elected
, marshal as nightwatchman, although
the salary will have to be- increased
in order to get Mr.. Young to serve.
Herbert Needham was asked to name
the salary which would continue his
services as street commissioner, but
refused with The statement that he
didn't care enough about the Job to
, submit an offer. That more money
will have to be paid on both jobs is
! very evident and the matter will be
threshed out between now and next
! meeting.
The matter of a raise in pay for
councilmen was broached at Tues
days meeting, but as members are
now drawing the limit allowed by aw,
nothing could be done.