ccm19740212Feb. 12, 1974
Iiayor Jerome Gottfried ialf3kego common Counoll Sefety Committee
I wloh to inform my fells: .illdormen and i”Vqor that I objeot to Resolu-
l tion 24-74 nhioh would authorioe tho odvertleing of bids for Park Im- provementn for Iah3 Is10 ena Schmidt Park.
I think that t’aeae improvements are premotnre for the following ~QDDOM ’ l (1) The prforiti.es of our spending should first be for the welfare and, eeourltp of our oitiaens and employees. The oonstruatlon of the ;?clice Dept. LM.ldfng should in my estimnto be numbor 1. , The oongtruction 2nd layout of the old house which Is now ooou- pled by the Pollee Department’s 22 employees is oompletely without provisions for seauritg,&~elfclre that every Citieona , and F~D~o~QQ ia entitle& to. The men and wornon of tho foroe do hOwQver hcivo one thing in common, that8 the 1188 of the one c-nd only toilet with a cold fioat for everyone. regsrdles8
Of 88X. Suoh conditions deprives the i?epartmsnt of the oppor-
I tunity to inprove tho wQlfn'fe, moraleand effiaienog of its foroe.
(2) The 8oaers for hy Lane SCbOOl, Freedon hor’es, Lake Denoon Area and othor area8 ohould also have top priority. This include8
1 the enlargement of tho oajjaoity of the sewor lagoon in tho \lorthwest !‘.rea an& the Treatment Zlont in the .;ortheast 0istriot.
I@ The finanoial condition of our community has improved duo to inflation and aaaei3. new cpnotruotlon. It 1S nos1 pOE8ible for the City of ASkegO to ie~uo up to j~2,000,000. in General Obligation Donde. This oartainly
1 makQ.os possible the oonstruction of a new 2olioe Stntion in the Civic Center.
I request thnt my fellow Alderman dofor notion until after the fizd election of Zayor and Aldonnen. If aotlon 18 to be tekQn tonight, I
urge the Common Counoil to vota r?gainst ReQ. 24-74. I further uree them
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to m&s of foremost importsnoe th3 security, NQlf019, ati 11~~s Of the offioers f+nd omplogoes. and owsider the construction of the iiQSJ Polioe
Deportment. There v:ould be ooz3i31dorablo savin!P if oovletruatod now, since the coot of oommercial buildinS fnoreass at a rate of more than 16;: per yaar.
I It is my personal feeling th?t an Pnspeotlon of the Polioe Department qaarters by tho "isooneln Department of Industry & Euman Helatlons be requested 80 that an unbioaed opinion is obtained regardlne the oonditlon of this buildine;. Your vote 00ula save a life.
‘* Youra truly,
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Raymond R. Yallner Alderman. 6th !l;axd