Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-08
MAYOR CRIT|CIzES SALARY RAISES
 MADE BY THE WATER BOARD

believe that the applicants for these positions were aware ot the salaries pre- viously paid and were anxious to accept same under these salaries, and I was given te understand this while in cenyer- satien with some of the applicants.
 The increases given te the heads of this department are out of proportion to the salaries paid to heads of other depart ments and is causing much dissatisfaction amongst other departments.
 For comparison, the head of the public works department receives $1,S90 com pared to s2 490 naid to the head of the water department, in charge of outside work. Our city treasurer, under a bond of s4eoe0, with a salary of s1,540 as compared with $2.100 received by the clerk of the water department. I am not prepared to state that any of the abovs salaries are adequate, but I am of the opinion that any increases in salaries to the heads of the water department should meet with the approval and the consent of this court of common council To sustain my position in this matter I refer you to Section S6 of the charter of the city of Norwich, approved April l 18th, 1893, as appears by the special laws of Connecticut of 1915 further amended 1 to provide in part as follows: saFhe board of water commissioners ei l the city of Norwich shall keep a register 1 of all persons who use the water and oi the prices by them payable therefor, and l shall apply the avails of water rents te I the payment of the ordinary and current l expenses of such water works, such as repairs, the hire of clerks and agents and of extending pipes inte new localities under the directions of said court of com mon council"
 GpuneiIman Crooks Answers. l Councilman Crooks. apneintee from ths l council to the water board, stated that h. thought the increase in salaries was no | out of proportion, as some of the feremer 1 employed by the water department wer. 1 getting within z5 cents g day as muci as the supervisor of outside work. l Mayor LeFeu in answer to Councilman Crooks said that he thought the same wal | true in the other departments and tha one department should not be raised ant i the others not
 l It was finally voted to refer the mat 1 ter to the finance committee for eonsid eration and report.
 Special Censtables.
 David Handleman, John J. Riley an,
 Patrick J. Fitzgerald were appointed l special eonstables. &
 The annual and quarterly reports o
 the fire chief were approved, as was tn report of the chief of police
 1 Greeneville Streets and Sidew alks. Councilman Rezycki asked if somethinj could no tbe done about repairing Cen 1 tral avenue between the car tracks, ant 1 also the sidewalks on this street an,
 Prospect street. MT Rezycki said that h 1 had presented resolution about yea
 ago and another just before election bu
 nothing had been done. Alderman We'll | said that steps had already been takeI | toward improving the conditions but a the time when the petitiea was presente,
 it was impossible to get the work den
 owing to various reasons
 1 Alderman Wells also reported that sev l eral raincoats costing ss5e had beel l bought and one costing s11.s6 for tn public works department and stated tha all the coats with the exception of tn 1 last mentioned could be accounted fol He asked if the council thought it wort
 while to look up the missing coat The following bills of the various de partments were presented and erdere paid Police department S4.7esss; stree 1 lighting, sss3.54; park, s377S3; finance $5.0T5.3s; department of public works s12.s89.7e; fire department, s5,s12ss cemeteries, $1,4ss.s1; water department s5.2le.s7; gas and electric department s41,414.77.
 Following the aeceptanee of the treas urer's report, the meeting adjourned afte
 being iH session s5 minutes.