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/33 I CITY OF SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS. TEXAS May 29, 1961 " '1 '~ ;1 Honorable C. M. Allen, Mayor Members of the City Council San Marcos, Texas Gentlemen: In regard to the controversy existing between the local funeral homes, we make the following recommendations: , 1. Each of th& three funeral homes, McMichael~Weatherford, Pennington and Los Angeles, should be treated as a separate unit. While we understand Mrs. Allbright owns both Pennington and Los Angeles, we are informed that the compensation of Mr. Jose Rodriguez, who manages Los Angeles, is based in part on a percentage of the business done by Los Angeles. In these circumstances, we believe it would be unfair to Mr. Rodriguez to ignore his interests, even though Mrs. Allbright is also interested in the gain, if any, and loss, if any, of Los Angeles. 2. The City Manager should be instructed see that the police department promptly initiates a insure fair and equal treatment of all three firms. ment should adopt ~he following procedure: by the Council to program that will The police depart- When an ambulance is needed and city policemen have occasion to assist in obtaining it, the city police must first ascertain from the person or persons involved whether they have a preference as to which firm is called, and then call the firm preferred. In the event the persons involved have no preference, or are unable to express a pre- ference, the three firms are to be called in rotation. The police department must maintain accurate, up to date records of its activities in this regard, in such form as will enable the council and City Manager to ascertain that the foregoing procedure has been followed. Whether the calls to the various firms are to be rotated each time a call is made, or on a daily, weekly, monthly, or other basis, should be left to the discretion of the police department. I