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Mr, Stra,ter then reported that we had the prob].em of dogs running at ].ax°ge to combat and said the.fixst step shoul.d be to rewrite our present ordinance. and bring it up to date. - Mro Falk suggested aclding a section perla7a.z?ng anyone guilty of dropping off -animals in our village. The old orclinance was then p]aced_in the hands of our solicitor for rewriting, with the suggesti.on that plenty-of teeth be iricorpora°ted in th? s ordinance. Mr. Strater then saa.d that, for want,of a garage9 the police car was left outside. This was provin.g a nuisance to the police dur5ng anergency use as a.t sep-etisaes took ten minutes to scrape off the snow and ice before the car coul.d be used. He said garaging the car outside also gave adequate lrnowledge of its whereabouts to anyone considerialg an un.lawful act. To overcome this, Mr. Dixon at considerable expense had remodsled his garage and it was the recommendation of the Safety Committee that garage rent be paid for housin.g the poliee car. Mre Strater also brought up the fact that in the past, whenever a suitable gaz°age.could be found, we had rented it for this purpose. Council agreed that -Ehe police car should be put undei cover and Mr. Fa].k, seconded by rsrse Brown, then 3ntroduced Resolution No. 322 entitJ.ec3: "A Resolution Atxthorizang the Rental of a Garage for the Po73ce Ca.r" 9 which resolution was read to Couneile It wa,s moved by 1-2r. Strater, seconded by Nr. Hoplci.ns, that the rules of ]aw.requiring a resolution to be read on three separate occasions be suspended.. . Rol1 Cal7..a Ayes -Iliessrs Swanson, Strater, Brovm, Fa,1k and Hopkinsa Nays - None. Mo.tion caxxied , Ru1es suspended. It was moved by 1`lrse Browm, seconded by Mr. Strater, that resoltztion No. 322 be approved and passed as r,ead. Ro7I. Call: Ayes - Messx°s S?anson, Strater, Bx'otma F'alk and Flopkinso PTays - None. - , Motion cax^a°ied o - _ Resal.ution passed MY'e Sti°ater then mentioned the problem of Rubbish Collection. He said that the Committee wa.s worlcing on a un3.fied code, requiring rubbisla to be in suitable containex^s. and of. a size that could be.Yiandled conveniently by one ma.n. Mro Stx^ater went on to say that no other municipality picked up rubbish £rom commercial establishments.and Xra Wieland was gettin.g,in some instances, a load at a tiunee As Rubbish Co].lection was nmr takuig the .bettex° parc of Nre Wielan@'s time during the week, he asked that council give the matter of Coramexc3.a.1 Collection some thought. Ma.yor Endress then asked that•Council approve a change in the rate ger case paid to ovxe police cl.erkA He statecl that.the work was all done in the Town Hall_and that the polzce clerk had taken over most of the work done _at home by oux police to keep their records up to date. With the present amount of work9 May'or Endress fe1.t the rate shoul.d be raised from 85 cents to 41.00 per casee 3•