The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-08

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 "Move it be received and tabled" Alderman Kingston offered.
 Kelly: Out of courtesy to the mayor it should be received and placed on file.
 Kingston: How about courtesy to us. The motion never reached the board of finance.
 Motion Illegal, Kelly
 Kelly: The motion was illegal, or contained improper propositions. Your motion was to authorize the board of finance to arrange transfer of funds in the registrars office for purposes which the registrars could not perform. under the charter.
 DuBois: The board asked the board of finance to recommend such action.
 Kelly: I move that the clerk read the original motion. | When this was completed Alder man DuBois remarked: In writing of the original motion it was phrased for the board of finance to consider the advisability =.
 Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice: The wording of the motion is as it was made.
 Kelly: Regardless of the wording, the only function of the board of fi- nance is to report to this board on recommendations of other boards. The motion in its entirety was H. legal.
 DuBois: I'm not granting whether the motion was legal.
 President Patrick M. Perriello: By Section 41 of the charter, the mayor has the right to veto any motion of this board.
 Kingston: It is tabled so that we can take care of it at the next meeting. We can do that very nice- ly.
 Kelly: Question.
 Thereupon. Alderman Kingston grabbed a two-page printed con- munication from his desk, cluttered with copies of the Special Acts, copies of the charter and other ma- terial
 Kelly, Kingston Clash
 Kingston: Whereas the deficit as reported by Griffenhagen & Associ- ates is $517,04725 .. (and so forth)
 The resolution" for the "investi- gation" of all city departments fol- lowed.
 Kelly: I'd like to look at the res- olution.
 After few moments.
 Kelly: While I study this resolu- tion l wish Alderman Kingston would explain to the board some of the thoughts which came to him while he was drafting his motion.
 Kingston: Obviously rritated) There may be claims for damages due to improper conditions of the sidewalks. The police shoulG take care of them. Here's an economy which may save the city $15,0O0 a year. (Reads list of sidewalk in- spectors" as follows:
 Sidewalk Inspectors
 Joseph Petruccione, former Re- publican town committeeman, $35 a week; William Doucette, $36 week; Frank Kerner, $50; Edward O'Rourke, $50: James Fitzgerald, $50; Charles E. Kelly, $50; Joseph Lezotte, $50; Umberto Santopietro, $30, saying he had obtained these figures from the controllers records. And the controller has shown we could save more in allowances for privately owned cars. Most of the City Hall offices are overmanned." Alderman Charles Sciullo said that MT. Kingston had voted for the present budget.
 Rowland Economies Questioned
 Following the claim of Alderman Kingston that Controller Rowland had effected economics" Alderman Kelly retorted:
 Such as what?"
 There was debate over what part the Republican aldermen of the last regime had taken in preparing the budget they now attacked.
 Kelly: The figure presented as deficit, $5l7,017, is misleading. You AluoU 1CiucIIlUtI IIldU JIleTe are SeV- eral bond issues to be sold which will apply against this total. Fur ther, your resolution is out of or der because this board hasn't the power to delegate power to com- mittee; nor can it, for instance, 20 into the police or other city depart ments and usurp the powers of the city boards after the budget has been passed. You'll have to pass an ordinance to allow each action of this kind.
 There was hot discussion over the rights of the board to "investi- gate" and concerning appointment of committee to outline procedure. Finally, Alderman Reiner hopped up and cried:
 I want to have the following ap- pointed committee. Gle named Alderman Kingston, DuBois, Bane, Ernest P. Belval and Frank x. Der gen)
 President Perriello, who had vot-