HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1923-02-24 Pursuant to call,a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of South San
Francisco was held Saturday, February S~th,19~Z, at the hour of l0 o'clock A.N.
The following is a copy of said call;-
The undersigned, members of the Board of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco,hereby
call a special meeting of said Board of Trustees to be held in the City Hall of said City on Saturday,
the £~th day of February,19~Z,at ~he hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of requesting the
resignation of E.E.Cunningham, as City.Recorder, and appointing a Recorder of the aforesaid City of
South San Francisco; and we hereby waive a~l o~her notice o£ said meeting.
Dated February 2~th,192Z.
G.W.Holston
F .A. C unningham
A. J.Eschelbach
J.W.Pitt
H.G.Sc~m~ini
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock a.m by Trustee G.W.Holston, President
of the Board. ~
ROLL CALL
Roll c~.ll found all Trustees present, to-wit;-
Trustees, F.A.Cunningham,A.J.Eschelbach,J.W.Pitt,H.Scampini, G.~.Holston.
The reading of the.ninutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.
~ City ~ecorder E.E.Cunningham was present at ~he meeting. On question by the President of
the Board concerning the fines imposed by the Recorder on persons arrested under the Wright Act for
having liquor in their possession, Nr. C~nningham declared his belief that the fines he impos~d were
sufficient under the circumstances. The Board of Trustees were of the opinion that the minimum fine
~for the offense in question should be T~ree Hundred Do~, and so informed ~r. Cunningham.
Er. Cunningham declared he would refuse t~0~'uch a fine and gave as his reason that the
cases should be treated as misdemeanors ~nd should be d~alt with as all other misdemeanor cases, at the
discretion of the Recorder. He was then requested to resign, which he refused to do. Thereupon Trustee
Eschelbach moved that the office of City Recorder be declared vacant. The motion was seconded by
Trustee Scampini and regularly carried.
Trustee Cunningham then moved that Joseph G.Walker be appointed to fill the position of
Oity Recorder. The motion ~as seconded by Trustee Eschelbach and regularly carried
Joseph G.Walker ~hen ~ook the o~h of office of City Recorder of the 0ity of South
San Francisco.
The business for which the meeting was called being completed Trustee Pitt moved to
adjourn until the ne~t regular meeting. The motion was seconde~ by Trustee Scsmpini and regularly
carried.
Time of adjourn:~ent 10;Z8 o'clock ~.E.
Approved
President of the Board of Trustees
Respectfully submitte~
Cit~ Clbrk ~