New Britain herald., 1927-01-14

moved that no increase be granted l the deputy tax collector, and Coun- ! cilman Kloskoski moved that similar action be taken on the petition of | the clerk in the tax office. Both | motions were passed.
 Do Registrars Go Fishing? Councilmen Sablotsky and Zapat- ka favored granting ten per cent in- crease in salary to the registrars of | voters. Their present salaries are ! s22O0 each. Councilman Bengston favored making no increase. Coun-
 cilman Sablotsky said the work is
 important and the registrars are ef- 1 ficient and faithful. The fact that | they are paid extra for the personal 1 tax enrolment should not have
 bearing on the question Of salary
 increase, he said. Councilman Beng ston said it has a very great bear 1 ing on the matter. Councilman Max
 on remarked that he has heard the l registrars spend some time fishing. /, After Councilman Sablotsky's mo- l ton for ten per cent increase was ! lost, Councilman Bengston moved to 1 recommend no increase. Councilman
 kloskoski amended to recommend a
 five per cent increase and it was | passed, only Councilman Bengston
 voting against it. Councilman English moved that no increase be granted the first | clerk in the assessors office, the
 present salary being s1350 and the
 recommended salary s155O. Council 1 man Maxon seconded the motion.
 Councilman Sablotsly offered an amendment to increase the salary to l $500. Councilman Zapatka favored
 the amendment but it was lost. and the motion to recommend no in-
 crease was carried.
 Councilman Bengston moved that the salary of the second clerk in the
 assessors office be increased from s1150 to 1850, saying the work of
 both clerks Is practically the same
 and there should not be difference
 of s2oo in the salaries. It was voted
 to recommend s1OO increase.
 Vote Against Corporation Counsel It was voted, on motion of Coun-
 cilman Maxon, seconded by Council
 man English, to recommend that 1 the salary of the sealer of weights
 and measures be increased from
 s1700 to $500. It was voted, on | motion of Councilman English, seconded by Councilman Zapatka, to recommend no increase in the s400O salary of the corporation counsel. Councilman Sablotsky remarked that
 it might be advisable to consider in creasing the salaries of the prose- cutting attorney and assistant prose- cutting attorney, who did not request increases, but the matter was drop ped when it was pointed out that both salaries were increased last year.
 Councilman Bengston moved that s100 increases he granted the three sanitary inspectors in the health de- partment. Councilman Sablotsky
 made personal plea for S200 in- crease for Third Sanitary Inspcc- tor Dewey Selander, q war veteran.
 The present salary of s14O0 is much too low, the councilman said. It was voted to recommend $100 for In spectors John A. Dolan and Thomas
 H. Crowley and s200 for Inspector
 Selander. On motion of Councilman Zapatka. seconded by Councilman English, 1t was voted 10 recommend l an increase from s110O to s1200 for
 the clerk in the health department | office. On motion Of Councilman Bengston, it was voted to recom- mend an increase from S7S0 to sS30 in the salary of the assistant clerk
 in the same office.
 No Increase for Dr. Wltte On motion of Councilman Olson, seconded by Councilman klosko oski, it was voted to recommend no in crease in the salary of Dr. c. R. Wlue, meat inspector at the slaugh-
 ter house. The present salary is
 $2300 and $200 increase was asked.
 seconded by Councilman Olson, it
 was voted to recommend an increase
 from 5000 to $2100 in the salary Of Chester s. Bowers, bacteriologist. On
 motion of Councilman Maxon, it was voted to recommend no increase in
 the salary of Miss B. A. Labadie, l
 tuberculosis nurse, the present 1 salary being s1700 and the petition i
 being for s1S50. On motion of Coun-
 cilman MaXon, $50 increase in | salary of Tony Calabrese, janitor at | the slaughter house, was recom- | mended, after Councilman Klosko-
 skis motion to grant s150 was | lost. The present salary is $500.
 Councilman Kloskoski moved that ! no increase be granted in the salary ! of Secretary G. II. Johnson of the , board of public works. Councilman ! Maxon seconded the motion and it | was passed. Councilman Sablotsky | moved to reject the recommended ] increase for the city engineer. and | Councilman Bengston amended to recommend q s40O increase. Coun- clman English seconded the amend nent and 1t was carried. Councilman kloskoski moved that no increase be recommended in the salary of Supt. NJ. P. O'Brien of the sewer de- partment. The present salary is S2So0 and the board of public works recommended $500 increase.
 Councilman Zapatka offered an amendment, seconded by Council man MaXon, to recommend $500 in crease and 1t was carried, Council man kloskosN alone voting against it. Councilman kloskoski moved to recommend s15O increase in salary of Foreman John Sautter of the filter beds, whose present salary is s1650. Thespotition was for s2OOo. It was voted to recommend $50 in crease, Councilman Zapatka second- ing the motion.
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