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March 19, 1979
Mayor's Conference Room
City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa
The Finance Committee of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in the Mayor's Conference
Room in City Hall at 6:30 P.M. on March 19, 1979.
Council Member Getty, Chairman, presiding.
On roll call, Present: Dowie, Getty, Roehr and Wilharm.
Chairman Getty called for business to be presented.
Garage Supt. Cunningham reported an OSHA inspection was conducted last Monday, March 12,
1979, and there were a few things which he was going to have to buy, such as six (6)
drop cords, explosion proof, switches had to be moved, etc. A discussion followed
and Cunningham is to check with Park Board to see what they paid for drop cords, and
to contact Electrical Department to have it do the electrical work.
Moved by Roehr, seconded by Getty that Garage Supt. Cunningham check with Electrical
Department for the rewiring and to bring back to the Finance Committee the price on
extension cords. Motion carried.
Garage Supt. Cunningham reported he needed 20 police car type tires @ $40.54 each
immediately and these were included in the bid. He was instructed to order said tires.
Garage Supt. Cunningham reported two transmissions out and one engine blew up. He
stated one transmission was out of a 1968 Dodge and the engine was out of a 1979
police car which had been bottomed. Mayor Rooff loudly asked who did it and where
in the HELL he was at.
Garage Supt. Cunningham reported he would have at least three engine overhauls on
street sweepers.
Chairman Getty asked that Finance Director Campbell check to see if he had paid the
registration fee of $175.00 each for Bowers and Burton in advance as the National
League of Cities has included this item in their bill.
Chairman Getty asked Garage Supt. Cunningham to (1) get the information on the
drop cords and submit to Finance Committee, (2) check with the Electrical Dept. on
switches, etc. , (3) if transmissions need to be fixed, get them cheap. He also
asked the Police Department Safety Committee if the Police Department was keeping
a list of accidents which involved police cars.
Chairman Getty called for any other business, there was none, and then closed the
meeting.
Katherine Gibbs,
City Clerk