clerk R. Ke Freenan, BY-LAWS Nature Area Road Clos. B/law #1278 fin.pass.& That By-law No. 1278 be reconsidered, finally passed and. adopted. Carried. adoption © “Moved by ‘daadoan bering ~_Ssonded by. Alderman Ranger: . NEW BUSINESS: : * Alderman’ Neyer referred to recent reports he had beard ‘to ‘the effect that the Ald.Meyer r ~ proposed Council of the District of Goquitiam had failed ta: pass one. part of the proposal City-Dist. Fire Dept. consolida- tion - “calling for consolidation of the Fire Departments of the City and District and the construction ofa district fire hall on City land on the North. side of the City “that had been considered by both Councils last evening and he s suggested | that further action should be taken: by staff on “his matter until the actions of the ‘District of Coquitlam Council were clarified. Moved by Alderman _Laking: 7 Seconded by Alderman Ranger : That the City's Aduinistrative Staff be instructed to delay for one week all action on the question of consolidating . the Fire Departments of the District and the City, Carried. Alderman Thompson voted against the resolution. Prior, to the ‘passage of the resolut tion quoted above, the following amending . “resolution was proposed: Moved by Alderman Mever : Seconded by Alderman Traboulay? ‘That the words ¢ ‘one. week” ia the foregoing resolution be struck out and be replaced by the words “two weeks". . Defeated. : Aldermen Meyer and Traboulay voted in favour of the resolution. Also prior to passage of the resolution quoted above, His Worship the Mayor requested Alderman Thompson and his Conmittee and. all ether Aldermen to cease any activities with respect to the consolidation of the City's and District's Fire Departments until further information had been received. This § proposal met with the general agreement ‘of the members of Council anda resolution was moved by "Alderman Traboulay and seconded. by Alderman Mabbett, but was later withdrawn as being» unnecessary.