Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-02-18
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He spoke of the effects of the
gas shortage upon industry in To-
ledo and said, 81 suggest that the
original committee which negoti-
ated the rates before be given the
opportunity to get underway to-
ward renegotiation with the gas
company and consider other mat
ters which have come along in the
meantime"
The city manager stated that
"Toledo may be faced with real
gas shortage, and while do not
advocate going into the gas busi-
ness, municipal ownership may
have to be resorted to-"
Tom Burke stated that he be-
lieved the committee should get
it's information from technical ex-
perts and then said, II can see
no great tragedy in municipal
ownership. 1t is working out well
with one utility and there are
possibilities in other types of
municipal ownership"
Mr.. DiSalle's motion was finally
passed after Mr.. Bame added an
amendment to include the city
manager in the work of the gas
committee and that the city man.
ager inquire if the old citizens
committee would again serve.
Thacher Still Last
High spot of the evening came
when the council heard the second
reading Of a resolution introduced
several weeks ago by Councilman
Earl o. Lehman to rotate council
roll calling.
An amendment was offered by
Councilman Disable to rotate
the roll call once every 30
days and passed to a. When the
vote came to vote on the rotat-
ing roll call, the vote was lost by
the same margin. Voting against
the resolution were Councilmen
Burke, Czelusta, Millard, Jurrus
and Thacher. Voting for the reso-
luton were councilmen Disable,
Lehman, Bame and Roulet.
After the vote had been taken,
Councilman Ad Thacher against
whom the resolution was obviously
aimed, rose to accuse Mayor Lloyd
RouIet of being behind the move
to take him out Of his place of
voting last. He said, II don't care
where | vote. I'll vote first. 1t
doesn't make any difference to me,
but when you want to change the
order of voting, | wish you'd let
me know about it. I'll vote for it. +"
Roulet Denies Charge
Mayor Roulet vehemently denied
having anything to do with the
resolution other than voting in
favor Of it. At this point, Council
man Earl Lehman rose to state
that he was the one responsible
and that he thought Thacher had
been voting last long enough.
Councilman Disable then rose to
point out that Mr.. Thacher had
said he would vote for the meas
ure and said, you had the last
vote this time. If you were in favor
of a rotating roll call vote you
could have voted for the reso-
luton"
Councilman Bame then put in
his piece saying, II refuse to
waive my right to vote first" To
which Mr.. Thacher replied, call
right, then who votes second! You
Mr.. Burke? I'll trade places with
you" Mr.. Burke said he didn't
care where he voted, and every
body had a good laugh when Mr..
Lehman said, 81 guess we under
stand each other
Ordinance Adopted
Following ordinances were
adopted: Use of Civic Auditorium !
by the Red Cross for a meeting |
March | without charge.
Authorization of the Strong
Electric Co. to maintain a fence
around its City Park Ave. pre-
misses.
Contracting for furnishing fire
protection at the Toledo Municipal
Airport.