Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-11
81, 900 PAY FOR DIRECTOR
BY COMMITTEE
Finance Body of Council Reduces
Amount Named in Scnton
Substitute.
FINAL VOTE STANDS, . TO :,
Call for Special Meeting OF Lower
Branch Monday Night Signed by
Mcmbcrs-Powcll Mny Act ON
Petition Today.

by the vote of to , the Finance
Committee OF City Council last night
adopted an ordinance fixing the SAL
AIRY of the Director of Public Works
al $500 year. Tho vote on the
measure was: aycs--Joncs, Rcdcn.
Scaton. Umlauf and Grundy: noes
Powers, Melton and Phinips
The original ordinance liking the
salary at $500. coming from Com
mon Council. being the Seaton sub
stitutc amendment to the Peters prom
ostion, was not voted upon. MIR. Um-
lauf offered substitute to this
amendment. placing the amount at
$500, which was adopted.
Melton Wants IL $1,000.
Alderman Melton sought TO have
the Umlaut amendment further amend
cd by making the amount $1,000. stat
ing that he did not believe the
| amount mentioned by MIR Umlauf
would meet the approval OF Council,
because IL had been voted down upon
former occasion. II was explained
that the former resolution provided
for the salary OF four directors, and
that the rule prohibiting action on n
similar figure did not prevail in this
instance. His motion was defeated
by to l, his vote being the only
one in the Affirmative.
\ call for special meeting. OF
Common Council for Monday night at
S o'clock was signed by Councilmrn
Jcnes. Roden. Scnton, Cmiauf and
Phillips. This call Will be promul-
gated today by President Powell, of
Common Council. The purpose OF
Common Council will be to dispose
of the proposition Sc it may go TO the
Board OF Aldermen at it's regular
meeting next Tuesday night. The be-
lief of those at the meeting last night
was that Common Council would ap-
prove the amended ordinance.
The discussion which led up to ac-
ton by the committee assumed wide
scope. In the opinion of Aldermen
Grundy. Powers and Melton and Coun-
Gilman Umlauf the various directors
forming the Mayors Advisory BOARD
should receive salaries commensur-
ate with their individual Importance
and their value to the city. while
Councilman Roden expressed the
opinion that because of Identical pre-
negatives in conference the directors
should receive Identical salaries
Powers Offers Amendment.
Before the umlauf amendment was
voted upon. Alderman Powers in
jected an amendment fixing the sal
aries Of the Director of Public Works.
and that of the Director Of Public
Utilities at $1,000, and the Director OF
Public Safety and the Director Of
Public Welfare at $4,000 each. lie
said it was hard to distinguish the
difference so far rs Importance is
concerned. but he was OF the impress
sion that the Directors OF Public
Works and. Public Utilities should
receive more than the others because
Of the technical qualities necessary
in the conduct OF their duties. This
amendment was defeated by the votc
of six 10 two. Powers and Grundy
beiag the only supporters of the pro-
position.
Councilman Roden suggested that
each department be acted upon inde-
pendcntly. and that when the qucs-
tion OF salary now pending Is dis
posed Of the others may be taken up
and settled in accordance with their
merit. This expression met the ap-
proval OF Councilmcn Jones and Um-
iauf. and Aldermen Melton and
Powers
With the exception OF Alderman w.
w. Workman. the full committee was
present last night