Seward seaport record., 1954-10-08
SEWER REPAYMENT PERIOD SET FOR MAXIMUM LIMIT

On hand Monday evening for the regular session of the City Council were Councilmen Stockton, Rose, Anthony, Hodson and Johnson, to- gether with Mayor Painter, City Clerk Sigrid Stearns and City Manager Raymond O'Hara.
 SEWER
 One of the major items of busi- nes for the evening, concerned the sewer assessments. A formal agr- cement was received from the AL aska Railroad in which they agree to participate in it's proportionate share of the cost of the new sewer for up to $660.
 It was also decided on recom- mendation of the City Manager that in as much as it had been a general belief that sewer assess ments would be spread over 20 years, that such should be the case that 2B interest should be charged on the assessments with the exception of delinquent pay ments which would be charged 12 per cent interest, as provided by Territorial law, until paid.
 TAXES
 At the request of the City Aud itor the Council also adopted a pol icy on the order in which partial payments of taxes should be made. Penalty and interest must be paid first, personal property taxes next, and real estate taxes last, accord ing to the new policy adopted at the meeting.
 SNOW REMOVAL
 In sharp contrast to the recent sunny weather was the inquiry of MT. Elbe who wanted to know what the city's snow removal plans were for the coming winter.
 According to the City Manager snow on the main treets will be pushed to the center of the street and hauled off. He explained that that was the reason that tn e streets were being widened.
 Elbe also asked about the re- moval of large stones dug up by the city grader, and was assured that they would all be removed | before snowfall. Y
 PERSONAL PRoPERT TAXES A list of delinquent personal pro- perty taxes was submitted by the City Assessor who informed the Council that he had done every thing he could to collect the taxes and deemed them to be uncollect- ible.
 The Mayor and Council seemed to recognize some of the names and took no action on abating the taxes until a thorough check could be made to see why the taxes had not been paid.
 LETTERS
 Among correspondence received was a letter from Alaska Steam ship Go. asking renewal of their permit to move Class A explosives over the dock in quanties not to exceed 100 tons. The permit which runs for year was granted.
 The A. S. c. had before the coun- cil form of easment for their radio antennas. The council vot- ed to grant the easment. Two letters were received ask ing transfer of Liquor Licenses. One from Mac and Bill Jones for the Palace Bar and Liquor Store to E. w. Hull and the other from H. J. Smith for the Yukon Liquor Store transferring it to J. H. Wer- ner ct al.
 Both requests were granted pend- ing check to see that all Person al and Sales Taxes were paid up by both establishments.
 Following Council approval, ap- plication must also be made to the District Court.
 Other business of the evening included the Public Health Nurses report, transfer of title to the Pub lie Health Nurses car to the City by the Alaska Dept. of Health and approval of the City Attorneys bill for services.
 A letter was also read cover ing the installation of 25 new Mer- cury Vapor Lamps. According to
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