Power Use Up
At KEA Plant
Power consumption at the
Kodiak Electric Association
plant for the past few months
has been high.
The coop has received
enough revenue from the
added consumption to wipe
out the deficit incurred during
the early operation of the
plant in 1951, Marshall
Crutcher, treasurer of the
KEA board, told the Chamber
of Commerce Thursday after
noon.
He added that the operation
of the plant had been satis
factory and that mechanical
malfunctions had been few.
Hedioff Made Magistrate;
Council Gets QuestioifS
Fob FM’o**, city clerk- j
treasurer, w is appointed City j
Magistrate Mondav night-dur
ing a regular meeting of the
common council. He replaces
Mi's. Myrna Perkins who sub
mitted a letter of resignation.
Councilman Bud Metzgar
acted as mayor in the absence
of Mayor. Lee C. Bettinger
who is in Washington, D. C.,
on business.
A large crowd attended the
meeting.Questions concerning
the recent audit of the city
books were asked of the mem
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bers of the council.
Leo Sears asked if the. city
council had a “clear cut
policy” regarding city action
on cases where a shortage of
funds was discovered. He
further asked for an explana
tion regarding the council’s
silence on the matter involv
ing Mrs. Perkins when she
was city clerk.
Jack Hinckel, former coun
oilman, told Sears that the
Attorney General in Juneau
was informed of the matter
immediately following a ver
bal report to the council by
Elmer Johnson, Certified
Public Accountant.
‘ The Attorney General re
commended that we advise the
U. S. Attorney of the matter,
which we did,” Hinckel said.
“I don’t know anymore
about this matter than I did
before the meeting started,”
Jack Metzgar, brother of
Councilman Metzgar, declared
following the hour long dis
cussion
A letter from Paul Dupler,
attorney, offering to act as
city attorney for a fee of
$250 per month was tabled
until the return of the mayor
Some members of the coun
' cil questioned the wisdom of
! having an attorney present at
all council meetings as Dup
ler’s letter suggested.
“We can’t do business with
an attorney present. One
conncil tried it in the past and
every action they made was
questioned by the attorney,’’
Councilman Met^gar said.
,‘The minutes of a meeting
would read like a legal paper. ”
Metzgar added that he did
not believe the fee asked by
Dupler was too high. He also
said that the city needed the
services of an attorney.
Councilman Basil Clark
asked if the city ordinance on
salaries for city employees
provided for hiring a city at
torney on a permanent basis.
A letter, written by Leon
Johnson, manager of the KEA
plant, by direction of the
board, recuesting information
on the status of the proposed
housing project in the east
addition was read by the
council.
The KEA board needs the
information to provide for ad
ditional power if the project
is completed.
Other business of the coun
cil was the paying of current
bills; a discussion regarding
repairs to the police paddy
wagon and the routing of a
request for another taxi park
ing space near the theatre for
Ace Cabs to the street and
Dolice committee.
The request for the addi
tional parking space was pre
sented to the council by John
McLaughlin, cab driver and
representative of the Team
sters Union.
Al Collins plans to go to Se
attle next week to buy ma
terial for the new Casino.
New Exec For
jtaval Station
-fcinflr^S. S; * S§£rey, USN,
has relieved Cmdr. G. P.
Koch, USN, as executive of
ficer at Kodiak Naval Station.
Cmdr. Searcy arrived at'
KNS recently aboard the:
USNS James O’Hara to take
up his new duties. He was ac
companied here by his wife;
and three children. He was
formerly stationed in Wash
ington, D. C.
Cmdr. Koch has received
orders to report at Norfok,
Va., for duty. He has been
executive officer of the station
for over a year.
During World War II Cmdr.
Searcy served aboard four dif
ferent air craft carriers. He
holds the Legion of Merit,
Distinguished Flying Cross,< .,.
Air Medal with three stars,
Presidential Unit Citation and
other theatr1 medals. He is a
graduate of Annapolis and is
a Naval Av:ator.
The Casino, heavily dam
aged in a Christmas Day fire,
may be opened to members
and customers by April 1, if
building materials are avail
able, A1 Collins said yester
day.
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