HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-27-1930 41 ® Office of Board of Public Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Friday June 27th,1930.
The Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
in regular session at the office of said Board Friday June 27th
1930, at 9 o 'clock A.M. All the members' of said Board, Messrs,
Edmondson, Peelle and Dye being present . The following proceed-
ings were had, to-wit :
Th'e minutes of the preceeding meeting were read and approved.
City Attorney, Clarence M. Brown submitted the following,viz:
In the natter of the petition of the employees of the Street
Department asking for one weeks vacation for all those employees
whp have been continuously in the employof the City for one or
more years, will say that I presume that the intent of the peti-
tioners was that they should receive this vacation with pay.
I understand that the employees of the Street Department are
employed on hourly basis and are paid accordingly to the number
of hours which they actually work for the City, and that in the
claim filed for their ' wages, the number of hours actually worked,
together with the hourly wage is set out.
It is my opinion that in the absence of some statutory author-
ity you would have no right to pay such employees for time which
thay have not actually put in. They would be on' a different basis
from those working on a yearly salary basis'. I think that the
City Council would have the right to pass an ordinance providing
that such employees, after continuous service for one year or long-
er, would be entitled to one weeks vacation with pay,' and with that
legislative authority back of you, I think that you would have the
right to grant the prayer of the petitioners; but without that
authority, I do not believe that you have the right to do so.
The theory upon which the Council would, no doubt, have the
right to pass such an ordinance would be that Council has the right
by the proper legislation -to provide for working hours and con-
ditions, and to provide for the health of City employees. I be-
lieve that such an ordinance would be lawful under that theory.
On motion the report was ordered presented to council.
The following communication from L.F.Orr, State Examiner was received;
Replying to your favor of the 21st. , in our judgement the light
plant funds should be expended on a budget as is required for the
expenditure of other city funds. Of course, this light fund budget
will necessarily have to be made on conformity with the accounts
required to be kept by the Public Service Commission. Lump sum ap-
propriations are not looked upon with favor as they defeat the very
purpose of the budget. A detail expenditures is necessary in any
budget to show the necessity for the appropriation of the amount ask
to be set aside. A careful working out of the budget will eliminate
the necessity of frequently asking for additional appropriations.
The communication was ordered placed on file. - -
• The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids on 1000 ft .' of fire hose.
Claims in amount of $2513. 54 were allowed.
The Bo then ad'ourned,
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Attest: -Prest. of Board
Clerk of Board