The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-07
JUNEAU AIRPORT
 IS DISCUSSED AT
 COUNCIL MEETING
Report Received, Project Feasible Special Meet
 ing on June B


 ing in regular session last evening took LID the matter of the Juneau Airport for discussion, and heard reports from a special investigating committee appointed by the Mayor.
 The Council also approved the School budget for the coming year, and rejected an offer of a lease on property owned by the Russian Orthodox Church and under con sideration for a grade school.
 A special meeting was set Tor June l3 to consider the delinouent tax roll now being prepared. Also scheduled for action at the special meeting is an application for wholesale liquor license by Mckln- lev Distributors, Incorporated.
 The question of whether the Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department should answer calls from outside the City Limits was taken up, dis cussed, and referred to committee for further study and action.
 On the airport question, the Council heard the report of Bill Nixon. chairman of the special committee set up by Mayor Waino Hendlickson to study the feasibili- tv of Municipal ownership.
 FEASIBLE, IS REPORT
 From that report, which includ- ed information and figures on op- eration and maintenance of the field from CAA, and traffic figures from Pan American Airways and Pacific Northern Airlines, it ap- pearad highly unfeasible under present conditions for the City to take over the airfield.
 It was decided to await the re- turn to Juneau of the Governor ol Alaska. and then invite William Plett, CAA head for the Territory, to a meeting in Juneau with the l Governor, City officials and other interested parties.
 This conference may he held dur ing the latter part of June, and will cover the entire question ol municipal operation, and the pro posal that the City construct an administration building at the field
 The Finance Committee brought the School budget forward for ap>i proval, with the exception of an item for s6,o00 to be used for con str,,ction of new fire escapes on the Grade School. This item Will oe placed under the contingency fund of the City, rather than in the School budget.
 OUTSIDE FIRE CALLS
 Fire Chief Minard Mill stated the case for the Fire Department, as to answering calls from outside the City Limits. He pointed out that the insurance on trucks ana firemen lapses as soon as they pass outside the City
 It was also brought out that Ii a fire truck is out of the city at the time a serious fire occurred the property owner might have grounds on which to file sult against the City for negligence.
 The matter was referred to com mittee for special study with Chlei Mill and officers of the Fire De- partment, and will be reported back to the Council at the next meet ing. In the meantime, answering out-of-town calls will be left, as before, up to the discretion of the Fire Chief and the Mayor
 Mckinley Distributors applca- tion for a wholesale liquor license the business to be conducted at the Juneau Cold Storage, was held over until the special meeting June l3. The Cold Storage will be mo- tified in the meantime of the ne- cessity of having all taxes paid up before such license can be grant, cd.
 PROPERTY LEASE REJECTED
 The offer from Bishop Zlobin of the Russian Orthodox Church Tor lease of four and a half lots ol property across the foot of Glacier Highway from Evergreen Cemetery was rejected on the basis that IL was far too high. Bishop Zlobin had asked, through his attorney William L. Paul, Jr., a 99 year lease with rental of S75 a month for the property The question will be discussed with the School Board at an early date.
 While on the subject Of church