CROMWELL TOWN COUNCIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 4, 1 December 1869, Page 2

CROMWELL TOWN COUNCIL.

j|||i|fcclal meeting of the Council was convened fPipyf Mavor on Saturday morning, 27th ult, for the purpose of considering Hit »?, Councillor Fraor, ami other busiW&S Tlle M «vor (Mr Whettcr), ami Crs. Dagg |pw(lgcr,,were present. lfe;3S| VACANCY IN BRIDGE WARD. Mr Fraer’s resignation, it was pro- ‘ m hy Cr. Badger, seconded by Or. Dagg, and to—“ That Cr. Fracr’s resignation be aomtwas also moved by Cr. Badger, seconded by publish the requisite notification for a fresh election in Bridge Ward. "—Carried. THE ASSESSORS HIP. On the motion of Cr. Badger, seconded by Cr. Dagg, the Standing Orders were suspended with a view to discussing this question. The Mayor said that Mr Goodall had been appointed to the office, but that he had not attended to the duties, and had no intention of doing so. It was therefore necessary at once to appoint some one else to perform the work, Cr. Dagg moved-“ That Mr Goodall’s appointment be cancelled. ” —This was seconded by Cr. Badger, and was agreed to. Cr. Badger moved, and Gr. Dagg seconded—- “ That fresh applications be invited for the office of assessor. ” —Carried. THE NEW COURT-HOUSE SITE A long discussion then took place on the question of recommending to the Government a site for the proposed new Court-house. Cr. Badger spoke at considerable length in favour of the site being fixed at the Public Buildings Reserve (situate at the north-western extremity of the town, and about half-a-mile distant from the Council Chamber). Cr. Badger argued that all Government buildings should be placed in secluded positions, in order to prevent the great inconvenience and interruption to the public business which might result from he noise and bustle of traffic in the inhabited portions of the town. He was, however, qui e content to leave the question of site in the hands of Mr Pyke. The Mayor said that for his own part he would much rather the selection of a site should be left to the Government ; but the Warden I (Mr Pyke) was desirous that the Council should j choose a site. He (the Mayor) certainly would j not like to see the Court-house placed at such a distance from the centre of ihe town as the public buildings reserve. He was in favour of re- i commending the Government to erect the build- l ing either on the site adjoining the Council I Chamber, or in the vicinity of the Police Camp. j After some further discussion, Cr Badger proposed that a former resolution of the Council \ —to the effect that the site adjoining the Conn- | cil Chamber should be offered to the Govern- 3 ment in exchange for the ground on which the present Court-house is erected—be rescinded. The Mayor said that if Cr. Badger pressed hi* motion, he should adjourn the meeting. One. of the Councillors was at present in Bendigo ' i Gully, and another had just resigned ; so that Bridge Ward was wholly unrepresented at that meeting, and it would be an injustice to the ratepayers of the Ward to fix the site until a full meeting of the Council could be held. It was then moved by Cr. Dagg, seconded by I Cr. Badger—“ That the selection of a site for | the proposed Court-house be left entirely in the p hands of Mr Pyke.” I The Mayor declined, for the reasons before p stated, to put Or. Dagg’s motion ; and I The Council then adjourned [j i/iz/m ■ I