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Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., May 10, 1957
. Minutes of a. special- meeting of the. Common Council- of. the City of
Rochester,. Minnesota, held in the. Council Chambers, in the City -Hall, in said.
City, on May 10, 1957-
President Bach called the meeting* to order at 5:00 o'clock P. M., the
following.members being present: President Bach, Aldermen Haas, -Morris,.
Schroeder, Tingley, Whiting. Absent: Alderman Moody.
The call of the special meeting was read and President Bach ordered the
same placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of con-
sidering certain adjustments in salary and wage schedules previously set by•the
Common Council and any other business the said Common Council may deem proper.
Mayor McQuillan stated that he had called this special meeting to con-
sider certain adjustments in salary and wage schedules which he did not feel were
fair. He stated that he objected to less than a 10% increase and listed the
following resolutions as the ones that he was holding, setting salaries for the
City Treasurer, the Street & Alley Department, the Fire Department (mechanic),
the Board of Public Health & Welfare (garbage collectors) and the Park Department.
He also asked the Council to reconsider the resolutions, which he had already
signed, setting salaries at the Sewage Disposal Plant and the Parking Lot
Attendants. He further stated that he did not feel that the wages as set were
consistent, that the cost of living needs were higher and it cost one family just
as much to live as 'another. He also stated that he felt salaries should be set
as recommended by fact-finding commissions.
Mr. Walter C. Hogenson, Superintendent at the Sewage Disposal Plant, was
also present and read a letter to the Common Council from the employees at the
Sewage Disposal Plant, which stated that the employees at the Sewage_DispIsal
Plant were very, disappointed when they found that other departments had been given
at 10% increase and they were only given 5 to 8%.increases. They felt if the cost
of living had gone up 10% for some employees then their department should be_given
further consideration and asked that the Council reconsider the salaries set for
employees at the Sewage Disposal Plant.
Alderman Schroeder stated that he would be willing to reconsider all the
wages set which had not received 10% increases. Alderman Tingley stated that he
was not in favor of considering just part of them, but would be willing to consider
all of the wages again. Alderman Whiting stated that he would be willing to go
over the resolutions but felt if any changes were made there would be other
departments that would ask for further adjustments. He then made a motion that
the Council do not reconsider any salaries set except the garbage collectors and
common laborers. President Bach declared the motion lost for want of a second.
After further discussion Alderman Tingley recommended that the Council
take no action at this meeting and that the Mayor veto the resolutions, if he so
desired, which would automatically bring them back to the Council for their
reconsideration. �-Z-
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