2408                               Municipal Charters

County Sanitary Commission, State Department of Health and the De-
partment of Health, Education and Welfare. Based upon the rapid de-
velopment of the Westminster Municipal Area, State and Federal agencies
have determined that financial support of rehabilitation of the existing
Sewer Disposal Plant will not be granted.

It being recommended by the Mayor, Sewer Committee and Engineer
for the City that the plan for construction of the new Sewer Disposal
Plant in the City's master plan should be immediately advanced.

The preliminary planning needed for consideration of monetary par-
ticipation by State and Federal agencies has been completed. Thereafter,
on motion of Mr. Babylon, seconded by Mr. Conaway and duly passed,
Council members present voted unanimously to suspend the Rules of Order
and Procedure for City Council to permit the final passage of three
resolutions affecting the construction of a City disposal plant.

RESOLUTIONS:

On motion of Mr. Freeman, seconded by Mr. Babylon and duly passed,
it was

RESOLVED, that Joseph H. Hahn, Jr., Mayor, be authorized to
execute and file all required applications, acceptance and contract doc-
uments for public assistance with all participating agencies, and to ex-
ecute all project contracts and contract documents, change orders and
finance documents and do and perform such other acts as may be nec-
essary in connection with waste water collecting and treatment facilities
in accordance with authorization of The Mayor and Council known as
Project No. 3.

On motion of Mr. Freeman, seconded by Mr. Mathias and duly passed,
it was

RESOLVED, that J. B. Ferguson & Co.., Inc. and Associates,

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
May 9, 1967

A special meeting of The Mayor and Council was held in the Coun-
cil Chamber on the afternoon of May 9, 1967 at 4:00 o'clock p.m. Mayor
Hahn; Council President Sellman; Councilmen Babylon, Conaway and
Mathias; City Attorney Walsh; and City Manager Eckard were pres-
ent and acted throughout.

The proposal to create the position of Clerk Treasurer and to elim-
inate the designation of a Councilman as Treasurer was discussed, and
was approved on motion of Mr. Bayblon, seconded by Mr. Mathias and
duly passed. It was directed that checks continue to be signed by two per-
sons, i. e., the City Manager and the Clerk-Treasurer, with the Mayor to be
authorized to sign in the event of absence of either.

On motion of Mr. Mathias, seconded by Mr. Conaway and duly
passed, authorization was given to the payment of invoices on a weekly
basis with monthly review and approval by Council.

The Annexation Resolution, as introduced on April 3, 1967, was
read for the second time and considered completely. It was agreed that
the future economic growth and progress of Westminster requires en-
largement of the corporate area. Thereafter, on motion of Mr. Babylon,