The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-18
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 Aldermen Defeated
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for many years. The vote was 8 for Tangney, for Kolbeck.
 LOeffler Is Winner
 Domenic Barbieri, defeated Fusion candidate for the office of city sher- if, was placed in nomination by Alderman Kingston for the last place on the bureau and Alderman Sciullo nominated William Loeffler, former Republican alderman who was not renominated by the organization last fall. Loeffler received 9 votes, Barbieri 6. Thus, the board has two Republicans who were overlooked" by the organization in last election, one Democrat
 Dubois Starts Things
 After reading of the mayors mes- sage, including summarization of the work of the city departments and report that the audit for the year would be completed shortly when month of December was finished, Alderman DuBoiS took the floor.
 "I'd be interested in seeing these reports of departments heads. I've heard about them for eight years and Section 59 of the charter re- quires that they be given the board. Section 69 requires that the board shall see the audit"
 Applause from the Republican audience greeted this pronounce ment.
 Kelly COrrects Him
 Alderman Dubois has called att tention to 8 matter which must have been an oversight on the part of some members of the board of aldermen" remarked Alderman Kelly. "The reports are public rec ords and have been presented to this board annually, thereafter becom- ing public records in the city clerks office. There every citizen of Water bury, of the state, Of the United States, in fact, has access to them. The alderman has no one to blame but himself if he hasn't seen them"
 Kingston: For eight years the mayors message has failed to in- clude complete audit. (Applause). :.
 Sciullo: Funny thing to me that this should come up at this time. The members didn't ask before to see these reports.
 City Clerk Fitzmaurice interrupt ed the aldermanic harangue. Brought in Every Year 'These same reports that you see in this package and which are re- ferred to in the mayors message have been brought to the board meeting every year." hes said. T must remark that they were very seldom looked at by some members of the board" City Clerk Fitz- maurice declared, meaningly.
 Kelly: I move that the clerk read all of the city reports of the various departments.
 (This would have involved several hours and the result of this motion was immediately apparent.)
 DuBois: I think that they should be printed and incorporated into the minutes.
 Fitzmaurice: (Bringing the pack age of reports down for Alderman Dubois to see): My appropriation wouldn't cover the cost. Records Available
 Secretary Driscoll of the Brass Workers union asked to be heard and remarked that before the board acts on the motion I would like to call attention to the situation which confronts the city" He went on to say that the board should go on record as offering these reports | as public records available to every citizen."
 Kelly: would like to answer MT. Driscoll and remark that the reports of the city departments are always public records and, by statute the accountants must file copies with the city clerks office and the state tax commissioner within 30 days of their completion. These records are available to every citizen in the country. There has been no inten- tion to hide or try to keep such re- ports from any citizen.
 Withdraws Amendment
 DuBois: I want to withdraw my amendment. The board members may have been negligent. The reports should have been brought to further consideration of the members.
 Kelly: I move that the clerk read the reports.
 DuBois: move that the reports be accented and nlaced on file and that