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Cont~Jlued meeting of "f.::Ti"- '2.e Gcne l ,e:.r.es::2Y, J:'nuary L, lS57 7:;0 ?... The Council met (n):,3 é',bove èé',te as a continua'ion of its J éJ,:uary l5Ü~ meeting and the following members were f~2ccnt: Drennzrc, C;~~'lson, rt2u1ersten, Kitts \ and McGee. John Carlson of Taylor and 11cC2skill 2nd Harry Turgeon, IJiquor Store \ Hanager Here 2.lso present. lIcGee l1oved, Brennan Seconded the f olloHing bills be paid. Hall Call Ayes (5)-N2.yes (0). B. o. S. Ed Phillips & Son ~a69l.h2 Old Peoria Co. 168.51 "-)meric::m Shcipping Center 152.00 Gribßs Cooper 643.15 "Peterson's 200.00 Old Peoria Co. 6!¡..50 :Jri¡;gs Cooper 1103.78 The letter subn:~tted by 'H~)rren ErerJlé'.n to the CmlDcil on Jdlll:ary l,S";-;-h, in connection Hi th the organizó.Uon and ad'Tlinistr2tion of the Hoseville Ivlunicipal Off andOn Sale Liqu.or stc::.~es we.s Deferred to and read aGain. T!1e folloTTing recommende.tions were made in the interests of increased efficiency e.nd economy.. in Hr. Brennæ.' s letter. (1) "The present ;;]'2.na';er is reeeiving 2 s212.YIJ of ;¡noo.Oo per moni:ll, plus car expenses, ~Ù:'.ch ~ave averé<~'3d an additional 330.00 per month. This s,1.lary is e:-:cessive in li::)'.t of the sm2:U percentage of net rI':::>fit from gross S.::'.18 s of both O::Î e.Y'.cl On S¿:;.le sto?'es. I recommend a r:1:::>nthly salary of:;6ao.00 and t·]".t a neH m2Ea2;er be h-i~sd." (2) liThe present ac:::ounting set-up is e:=:?c"lsive, cUIllbersome, 2nd does not keep the puol:Lc advi,:.'ed 2.5 to t"e month to month operation. I recomrr:end the hirL'1:o- of d fU.11 t:;.2'r1e, q. ~~2.1:;'iec1 bccl~:ceeDer at ~ s&lé..::'~Y· of about ~1:375.oo o ~ I~ per month; if he properl.y performs his è'.:-:,ies, the cl1ties of tre accounta.'1t could be limited to 2J..i.Ò.. ting :::>f the bookkeeper IS werk, rcther than paying an account".nt to '0 book~æeping. At present He are :¿ayinc the acc01UltD.Ilt ~500.oo ~)e:v!nonth, and t~:is cc,ulè be reduced to about .,~lOO.OO :¿er month if' their dut~.es are J:LYfliteò to ?"dit:i.ng. I believe, 2nd recorn.mend thétt a IT:cmthly report s!1ould be made to t.:1e Counc:i..l as to s?les and purche_ses ~ri th :? q'.larterly:opdi t cf s¿Ùes anè profit. This report should be open for public inspection;' .. (3) "A purchasing commit/;ee SDOUJJ.l be muneci by the mayor from the members of the village council, consistir.:.b C:1' two trustees 2.nd the village C1e rk, 2Jld all liclucr purchases of over ,,?1,000.00 should be subject to lJre¡im- inar"J a:¡::prov3.l of this comm:~;tee before PU:cch2.se is made. This could be è.one informally and should not prove cumbersome or C2.use of delay of village bu·~·iness. THO 'members should constitute a quorum, but an attempt should be ¡lade to contact all OJ mm·ttee members. Such ap:provéÜ is par<:.:co- ularly important in the case of liQuor purchases. The Clerk cannot, and should not be expected to be 2. plirchasL'1g agent in adài tion to l·,is other T duties.l: ¡ ~'~ CL~irj±-r- ìr¡c~t tJ.t~v~' .... Brennan st.s.teèA'~hat^1.f the inventor;y had Deen u:? to date, Taylor and IvIcC2.s1d.ll 1..ould only have had to make 8. spot check thus S2.ve the village of an extra expense. Turgeon explained that an inventory on the 2nd day of Jé3JlUary could not have been , prepared because of the heavy holiday business. John Carlson agreed with ~urgeon, but added that ordinarily the inventory should be up to date. The possibilit,y of hiring a full tllJe bookkeeper was discussed. Brennan stded that he vJOuld like ¡fohn Caflson to check over any applications for the positionA This was agreed upon by' Mr. Carlson of T~lor & Mc6askill.(auditing firm) Profits in 1955 and. 1956 ~]ere compared and discussed. A comparison was also rI12de of the operation of our village lic;uor stores and liquor a.tores in other commul1ities, coth municipal é'Jld priv2.te O1med.