HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1947/04/22 ~IIYJTES OF ~GUI~R ~JOUP2~D ]~fZ!~ OF T~LE CZT~~ COID~CIL
OF TIT~ CITY 0F Cl(bU~'~ VIST~ CP~LI~'O]~I~_z~_fi~_LD , APRIL 22, 1947
The City Cou-,cil met in th~ Cotuncil Ctuumbers of the City ~11 on the above
date~ wi2h ~ayor~.Eo~ster p~asiding. The ~ueeting was called to order at ? o'clock
Po~% Present: Councilmen Koester, ~ashold, I)yson, Kidder. ,~bsent:
CounciLman Riesland.
I~SOI~L ~_N£~II..~G - Donald Done. i.~.Donald Done having been disshar&ed from the
Police Depart~nt, and having requested a hearing before council, appeared to present
his case° He asked if council had instructed the Chief of Police to discharge him,
and }~as told that cotuucil had so instructed Chief Taylor. ?r.Done then asked if
there was specific charges against him, and, ~en told that the only reason stated
for his ~ischarge, ~,as, for the general 8pod of the department, he replied that he
had no comeback, amd, that if this was the ~vish of the council, he thanked them for
the hearing, after which it was mowd by Cotuuci~uan l~ashold, seconded oy Counctl~n
Dyson, and carried, that the action of the Chief of Police, by ~ich ilr.Don~ld Done
was discharged by the departv~ent, be confi~ued. ~.Dona v~'as then so notified and
r~tired ·
~RSOIE.EL ?~JJ~Ii, fG - Yack Vo ~laPorte: i,¥.I~Porte having been dischsr&~d from the
?slice De[l~mrtment by Chief TcG~lor, arid having requested a hearing, ~'~s present
aud proceeded to present his case. ~LroLOL~orte had several character ',,~tnesses
present, and each in turn spoke a good ~rd for him. iM.Y~ngell of 1Tational Avenue
presented a pe2~tion asking for the reinstatez!eat of l~r.I~Porte, ~hich carried over
300 sit, natures. ~:ir..~a~!%ish of l,Tational Lvenue spoke on )Lr.l~aPorte's behalf ur~ng
his reinstate.~?~ent. ~'~. E.D.Green of Chula Vista spoke briefly, saying he thought
the recOrd should show that lt~.!aPorte had been a good officer and should be
reinstated. Reverend Clive l~illiams of the ~[azarene Church rsr~rked that he 8id
not thiul~ .~Lr. LaPorte should be crucified for personal ~dges sr~ ~urged his rein-
state~ento ~'~.Carl Roth of the State t~ghv~ay Patrol, stated he: ould like to put in
a ~%mod word for LiroLaPorte and thought he was a pretty good officer, lit. A.T.~zers
said he ~.~as l~r° 'LmPorte's next door nei6~bor and knew him to be sober and to have
character above reproach. He urged his reinsta~ter~nt and said he ~,~.s pretty proud
to call him neig~bor.
CounciLm~ l~ashold re.~arked that he thought the action of ~epartment heads should be
confi~ed unless reasons could, be shown other~,~iSeo ~e stated that INr. Le~orte was
discharged ~hile ~.%SoTaylor ~ms Chief of Police, ~nd that now, since ~M.Lofthouse
is chief, ~'r. LaPorte could apply for reinstate~.ent to the new Chief, smd the council
~;~ost likely ~,muld sust~in the decision of i.M.Lofthouse.
),'.ayor Koester stated tat he had been instrumental in getting ~r.LaPorte back on the
job, but thotkMht that the action of the Chief in discharging liroLaPorte should be
backed up.
Former Chief Taylor was then asked why he had discharged ~°InPorte, to v~ich he
replied° The discharge was due to a long list of co~plaintSo ~iroLsPorte had been
hired under Chief Frank Dupree and had quit t?~lce, the first time being persuaded
to reconsider, amd the second time leaving and going to work for the Coronado Police
Depertr~,ent.After ~h~.Taylor was ~ade Chief, I~.l~aPorte askedto be reinstated in
the Chula Vista Department, and ~froTaylor said it ?ms his opinion that perhaps Ffr.
~z~Porte might be better satisfied now, inasmuch as he h~ been ~,z~r~£ied in the ~nterim
and ,;~s living in Chula Vista. ne stated that l?roLmPorte was constantly ~iping to
members of the depart~aent over conditions, amd theft a ntu~ber of the police~aen had
requested that their shift be c ~hauged in some way to avoid having to work ~,~lth
Leloorte. ~r. Taylor said he had several conferences with ~'r. LaPorte, in ~Jhich he
told him that he demanded respect in the de?artment and ,J~uted the continual com-
_olaints stopped. ~r. Taylor then explained that i~,roLaPorte had circulated
petition asking council to appoint him as Chief of Police if ~nd when the office was
vacant, but that, in presenting the petition for signatures, ~IroLaPorte had stated
that the office was vacant, that ~ was simply after the job° ~t this point
!~r. LaPorte was advised that the office was not vacant et the time of the
circulation of t~e petition, nor had amy definite action been taken relative
to the demotion or discharge of ~oTaylor.
A letter v~s read from the Catholic ;~ar ~Zeterans, .?rotestinf: af:ainst the discharge
of ~'~.LaPerte, dated April 15o A second letter z~scinding this action by the
Catholic Vlmr Veterans dated April ~, 194V, was also read. ~'.H[w~ilton, a member
of the Catholic I~ar Veterens spoke in bel~lf of .~oLaPorte ~nd urged his rein-
statement.
}Ar.Taylor further stated that ~.LaPorte had publicly stated that he did not intend
to do o~y work except that '~uhich fell into his lap, mud the record sh~/ed that
fro~ ~:~rch ~4, 1947 to Zq~ril lB, 19~, the date of ~.I~Ports's discharge, he had
not written a single citation, but had used his position and city equipment in the
furtherance of his own cause to circulate petitions for his reinstatenento
l~r. LaPorte having stated t!mt he had nothir~g ~ore to say, it ',~s moved by
Council~n Dyson, seconded by Council~.~m E~shold, ~nd carried, that the action
of the Chief of Police for discharge of ~:r.iaPorte from the ?olice i~e?artment, be
conf ir~.ed.
?~'~L~SE OF SCOOTER. It as moved oy Councilman Koester, seconde~ by Cou~ci.lz~an
~Zashold, ~nd carried, that the purchasing agent be authorized to purchase a used
Cushmar. Scooter for the use of the Police Deoartment in the enforee~nt of parking
~?.eter ordinance, after the Chief of Police had chosen one of two nmachines offered.
~'~L~C~ OF BLK~CI~RS: ~otmcil~an Koester advised council that he had a chance
to buy 570 feet of four (4) tier bleachers at ~$1.00 per lineal foot, from
s'olvage, and it vas moved by ~ouncilman Kid~e~, seconded by Cem~cilman tJashold,
and carried, t~at the purchasing agent ~t~rchz~se s~ue.
~ou~mihmn Koester ~lso advised tha~t a 26' x 90' building was available for $500.00
at the ~[arine base and could be mo~d to Chula Vista for J~450.00 for use by the
city barns to house equipment. Zt was moved by Counci]~an Kidder, seconde~ by
Councilman Dyson, .n~] c~rried, that the purch~sing ~&Bnt be authorized to purche, se
sel~ providing it meets with city syecifications.
BI]LJ~S P~D: It ~'~s moved by Counci.ls~an 17ashold, seconded by CounciM.~an Ki&der,
carried, ttmt farr~mts I'os.6026 to 6029 with stat~aents attached, be paid,
which were ss follo~s:~
~6026 -
-
Bertha ~LAS.~, Treasurer of Garden Club - Donation to Club ~.~125.00
~.F.]folfe - ~urehase of Used Scooter (?olice ~pt ) ~50.00
]~ontg~e~ g Bur~ Crosswalk L~es sS per attached State'mt 321.30
Re~lving i~nd ~lscell~eous Bills P~d - fq0ril 40.61
0~ l~G C~'~ETT /.¥EL~LFE: ~r.Robert ~riffin appeared before Cotmcil asking their
pleasure in the r~tter of opening Garrett _.venue north from "E" Street.
~:~uinistrator Bry~ut eNplained that he had made eve_~ effort to secure 5edication
from property mjmers on the west, but ~had faile~ absolutely to ~et ~',~y coolmrmtion.
After some discussion lk~.Eriffin stated he would give the matter further considera-
tion ~nd consult ;dth the council L~.ter in the matter of the dedic~.m~tion of his
one half.
H.k~!.~?~S VIL~'~: There being a section of Landis Avenue within Haynes Villas
unimproved, au5 city attorney having certified that all improve~-,ents as shov~ on
the ir~rov~nent map of He.~mes Villas were completed, m~.d the bond to insure the
completion of the ~uprover~entS as sho./~n ha~ing been ~turned, the ~uestion of how
to enforce the i~provenants of this portion of I~mdis ~venue ~Jas referred to the
city attorney for study amd recommendation by motion of Councilz~mu ~Jashold$
seconded by Counci~.~n Kidder and carried°
~ISOi~ Cf~l~0i~ ~7~TER DIST!~CT ~(LFEST: ?l:e District Y~ttorney stated that he
~ad protested au application of the !~arbison C~a~yon ~utual ~ter District to take
v~ter fro~ the S~eet~-ater ~ater Shed, au~ there having been au answer to the
protest filed, he asked authority to arrange a meeting with the attorney for the
7~ter District at au early data° ~iuthority v~as so ~ranted.
IT£ 33L:~T FOR Di~RJiCTIOI~:~ SICj~5: A letter was read from Glen f~bbey requesting per-
mission to instal metal signs at various locations on ~" Street directing tl~rou~
traffic to Glen .,'obey i~mori'~l Park. .ifter discussion it was decided that this
~'~as a ,.~utter for the Chief of Police to recommend, and the ~':~tter v..'as referred to
him for action.
I~S0 Lb~I 0]~7 ~0o999:
LU~-IZ~:U /~D DI~CTIi~G CI?Y ~TT0~.EY T0 SIG!~ A SrII~U~f~!OL:
Councilu~tu ~estor offered Resolution L~o.999. T~ l~ssolution '.?as road in f~ll and
~as passed, ado~ted ~nd spproved by the follov~n~ vote, to-,~it: .~ves: Couz~.cilm~en
i~oester, lashold, l~son, ~id~der. ~ces: ~Oneo ~bse.ut: Councilman ~iesl~d.
~qEC}~f~TION C0~iSSI0~7 .~POI!~5~E],3~: ?-ae iiayor ~jpointed Larry I.Juebler to serve on
the Recreation Co~uission for a period of fi~ (5) years from July 1946 and ~
ex~iring in July 1951. ~lso i~roYames Logan for the same ~eriod, and ~r. Lloyd/k
Lee for a five (5) year period coz~ncinf~ _~?ril 22, 1947 sm~ e~iring ~ril 22, 1952o
On motion by Councilman I~ashold, seconded by Councilmon Kidder, ~.'hich ca_~u'ied,
the ~t~pointments were confirmed.
~DY0D.~._~U~f: On _motion by Coumcilman 1.[ashold, seconded by Cou~ci]~%an Dyson, which
cmrried, the _'.'~eting was adjourned to 2~:ril ~9, at 7 o'clock