PWCommittee - MINUTES - 2/24/1965l MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEB. 24, 1965. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:40 P.M. ALDERMEN WEAVER,
WIESELMANN, BUDISH, SUP'T. BERTRAM AND MAYOR GOTTFRIED WERE PRESENT.
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN WEAVER.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS THE DISCUSSION OF WAGES FOR HIGHWAY
EMPLOYEES. THE AVERAGE WAGE AS STATED BY SUP'T. BERTRAM WAS g2.65 AND A GENERAL DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. IT WAS FELT THAT
OTHER CITIES SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO GET AN IDEA OF CURRENT WAGE
SCALES AND TO REPORT FINDINGS AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PUBLIC
WORKS COMMITTEE. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN MOVED TO DELAY ACTION QN
WAGES TO THE NEXT MEETING, SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BUDISH, MOTION
CARRIED.
THE CUTTING OF NOXIOUS WEEDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO COMPLY WITH
THE WEED ORDINANCE WAS DISCUSSED. THE GENERAL CONCENSUS OF OPIN-
ION WAS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING ANOTHER MAN FOR THE HIGH-
WAY CREW COULD ALSO PROVIDE THE PERSON N.EEDED TO CUTY THE WEEDS
ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES. ALDERMAN &DISH MOVED TO PUT THE MATTER
OF HIRING OF ANOTHER MAN ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING,
MOTION SECONDED BY ALDERMAN WIESELMANN AND IT CARRIED.
THE CROWBAR ROAD PROJECT - CROWBAR ROAD FROM FIELD DR., SOUTH
WILL BE REBUILT THIS YEAR (1965)
A QUESTION CAME UP REGARDING PARTS BOUGHT FROM HILLER FORD AND
KNIPPEL SELIG. DUE TO SIZE OF TWO TRUCKS HILLER FORD DOESN'T
STOCK PARTS NECESSITATING GOING TO KNIPPEL SELIG.
CORRESPONDENCE FROM LAWRENCE A. ERNEST, INDUSTRIAL WASTE ENC.,
REGARDING "SAMPLING MANHOLES" TO BE PLACED ON FILE.
AD TO BE SENT TO THE DAILY REPORTER, 704 WISCONSIN AVE., MILW.,
THAT CITY OF MUSKEGO WISHES TO PURCHASE ~-TON DUMP TRUCK WITH
SANDER AND SNOW PLOW MOUNTED. SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE
AT CITY HALL.
ENGINEERS, RUEKERT AND MIELKE, WILL BE CONTACTED TO SET CENTER
LINE WHERE NECESSARY ON WOODS ROAD AND CROWBAR ROAD AND TAKE
STEPS NECESSARY SO BODS CAN BE LET FOR CONSTRUCTION.
MOTION MADE TO ADJOURN BY ALDERMAN WIESELMANN, SECONDED BY
ALDERMAN BUDISH, MOTION CARRIED.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:25 P.M.
6-l SPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
l PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE