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11q REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C I TV OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 24, 1966 Present: Mayor Ell is Serur Aldermen: Caesar A.-Damon Joe C. Froh Herman Korff Wi II iam C. Pool I City Manager City Secretary Wi II i am E. Wo Iff Dorothy O. Worrel I Absent: Alderman Mark K. Whittenberg Visitors: Mrs. Buford Williams, Dr. Ben Primer, Mrs. Josephine Mann, Linda Posey, James Burwell, David Dai.ley, J.O. Paine, Je.rri Veidt, Bradley Moody, Galen Wellnicki, Ronni.e Dannel ley, W.C. Carson, Jim Brown The Mayor cal led the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Serur asked Mrs. Ruth Manske to come forward to receive a Distinguished Service Award as 1966 Chairman fOr Un.ited Nations Day in San Marcos. The Mayor thanked Mrs. Manske for her many years of service in planning educational programs on the United Nations in San Marcos. I The Minutes of the October 10, 1966 meet i ng were approved as presented, on motion of Alderman Damon, and second of Alderman Korff. I David Dai ley and J.O. Paine appeared before the Counci I to discuss the Firemen's Pension Fund. Mr. Dai ley explained that Volunteer Firemen pay. $5 a year dues into the Pension Fund. At age 55, on completion of 20 years service, he is entitl~d to a maximum pension of $25 a month. Regular firemen are under a different schedule, with a maximum pension of $100 a month. The Fund is subsidized by the State, with payments fluctuating ona sliding scale according to the number participating. Volunteer Firemen received $7.80 the past month. The spokesmen for the Volunteer Firemen requested that the City supplement the peniion payments, to provide maximum payments to the regular firemen, the thr';e firemen's.'.widows who participate, and the volunteer firemen who qualify: . A copy of the current I ist of pensioners and payments is attached as a part of the Minutes. Alderman Pool moved that the City cooperate to the ful lest extent to supplement the diff~rence in payments from the Firemen's Pension. Fund. Alderma~ Damon seconded the motion. The Mayor expressed his approval of paying the supplement. Alder- man Korff asked for a more specific control: "It could be that the City would have no money - is this on a year to year basis, or a perpetual basis?" The City Manager ~aidthe ~ity is on a very tight budget, with no contingency fund. The supplement was esti- mated at about $4,000. "I want the firemen to have everything that's coming to them", .Mr. Wolff said, "but it's going to be difficult to find the money inthis budget". Mr. Froh said per- haps it might be wise to wai~ until February to start the supple- ment. Mr. Dai ley said he would like to see the regular firemen, and the widows, get the maximum payments, as a start. The question