The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-02-08
A.aska Historlca. .Tib oneau, Alaska
GARBAGE AIRED AT COUNCIL MEETING

 il was voted to draw ID fI#.- year contract with Richard Stokes 10 have him handle al garbage Ipick-up and help maintain Iaa s.r- bage dump Stokes comnensa#I.u for Che work and for the Use oG his l truck will be $500 a month. Stokes is to handle all maintenance on lHa truck.
 Mayor Vern smith and aouae.l- men reported they had heard eam- Blaints around town on tae inc crease in garbage rates aad .ua hiring of Stokes 10 do the waa.. but none of Che complainauts were l at the meeting
 City Clerk Robert WieEmau re ported that under the new in- creased garbage rates tae ely #ake in oulg a lttle ofer SIaa a month when all garbage hlls .-a ] paid. The council agreed that t.a 1 difference between tbe SG50 arI what the town takes in should Is l retained by the town ta offset f.s expenses of bookkeeping and Gle i major maintenance work that 0I be necessary on the garbage dump at times.
 l Mayor Nern smith said tae ua.a complaint he had heard about ..a city entering into an agreement with Stokes To handle tbe garHa-s was that bids had not been caIIaI for.
 Councilman George Smith ans Rered that two years ago a call for bids had been published but na- one had bid on the job at all. lie added that ii took some time 10 find as reliable a man as Stokes tJ handle the job mo one else want ed it.
 City Clerk Wickman said that at the time bids had been called for l William Taylor of WrangeH Trans fer, then handling he job. had talked 10 him saying they no long ar wanted it under any cireaa- l stances. Councilman Smith added he l had requested Taylor to come to l suceessiEe meetings to discuss the 1 zubject but that he haa never ap- reared and that he had given tha .ity only one weeks notice he was l 'roaping the job completely 1 Councilman Smith. defending the ouncil against the complaint that he city was setting Stokes ID in l business. said that he had told the 1 1ity Motor Service to release the ! ruck to Stokes and the city would be responsible for it until Stokes ireceived his veterans loan, which las been approved.
 The city was not backing Stokes at all Smith said, but if Stokes backed out the town would need the truck for garbage collection anyway. Stokes veterans loan is secured by his home.
 In setting the figure of $650 a month for Stokes and his truck, Councilman John o. Bangeman said he and Stokes had gone over a budget of what the Stokes fam fly needs would be and what it would take to maintain the truck and pay off the loan. Bangeman said he thought in some ways Stokes estimates were too low and in some, too high but that $tFD would be a fair figure.
 The length of time the contract should be drawn for received con- siderable discussion at the meet ing but five years was finally a. greed on to protect Stokes inter- ests. The city would be protected by the fact that in event StokE failed to handle the garbage satis- factorily, the contract would be void.
 New Taxi Service
 In other Business before the council, R. F. Ferguson appeared to ask if the council had any Jb- jection to his starting a taxi scuE- ice and parcel delivery. No ordiu- lance covered this type Of business is on the city books so the council agreed that as long as he paid his |, licenses they had no objections
 The hospital board, with the Rev. H. F. Hall as it's spokesman, appeared at the meeting to report on the years operation of Bishop Rowe General Hospital The full report will appear in next week 5 Sentinel.
 The council authorized the City Clerk to apply to the Highway En- gineer for funds to build a neg ramp at the city float at tho shrimp cannery dock, and apply the Territorial Director of Aeronaa tics for funds to build a new ram at the airplane float
 The mayor agreed to apply fo- permission to allow the city to ir- stall two decorative street lights OF the hill leading to he post of flee. This is Federal and private property.
 Other business was turned over to committees and the bills were ; paid.