The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-05-14
COUNCIL APPOINTS
 CITY EMPLOYEES FOR YEAR

City Council at it's meeting last night at City Hall re-appointed it's present city employees to serve for another year.
 Salaries were were left at pres ent figure except that of City Clerk which was raised from $275.OO to $325.00 to include pay for his duties as city assessor and magis- trate.
 An additional man was hired as assistant street maintenance man at a salary of S265.0O per month. Applications of Ruben ". Hakyist, Earl Lawton and James Myers were read. Council voted to hire Hakvist, who is at present on the city pay roll
 Carl Welfelt was the only other application for Chief of Police. However, due to his satisfactory record, ii was voted to retain c. l P. MacCreary who has acted in l that capacity the past six months. ] Mrs. John Byrd was retained as Librarian and Bill Walters as care taker at the cemetery. It was voted tC pay Walters a straight salary of S100 per month instead of $175 for six months and $25 the balance of the year as last year Dr. John o. Bangeman was voted to be City Health Officer and sal ary for that office was laid on the table until later date, pending repairs and renovations to be made of his office.
 Howard Stabler of Juneau, City Attorney for Wrangell. was re- tained in that position. The pos ition of Harbormaster was left un- filled for the present.
 Mayor George Gunderson an- see to supplying water to the small boats floats around the head of the bay near the oil companies. Pipes froze and broke last winter and are To be replaced.
 The matter of $1O,OOO arrears in teachers salaries was discussed. It Wa voted to issue red warrants, bearing GTo interest to pay off this deiicit Of the Territorys until re- Iund- from the Territory come through.
 ii was also voted to issue red iAt-..aht., to the sum of $11,OOO at , % interest, and for a period of not longer than five years, to pay off the balance over due on the trst new engine purchased by the light plant. Clerk Robert Wickman A.,s Instructed 10 draw up and is sue both sets of warrants. The light plant warrants will be issued in sums of $1,OOO.
 The leaky sewer line by the City Hall was voted to be rebuilt. Con struction will be a cedar box line 10 be run a distance of about 250 feet. The sewer at present leaks into the skating pond next to City Hall where children play and pre- sents a danger to health.
 Mayor presented a request from a person, who wished his name withheld at present, for permission to run a pop corn and lunch wagon in Wrangell if and when the saw mill opens. Council granted per mission, on condition that the per son comply with the law as to H. cense, etc.
 Council also voted to supply city vehicles with record books in which could be logged time the ve- hiele is in operation on a job. last change of oil, last gasoline brought etc, and also voted to allow Ralph Devenny and Frank Zepp, heads of their departments, to have requisi- save time in having to go to the Clerks office for each purchase necessary in their departments.
 Councilman Meredith. Custard re- ported that he and Frank Zepp had been up to the upper dam and said there was plenty of water in the dam but that the streams running into it were dry. Custard recom- mended that the city buy we'll points, three each in each stream, to drive into the ground at the in take of each pipe which would, he thought, bring underground water to the surface even though the streams were dry Council voted to buy three such well points and try them out in one of the streams.
 Council adjourned at 1O:30 to reconvene June 3.