Item JM-AIY/B936-1/1948-12-08 - Meeting of the Municipal Council (n° 1) - 1948-12-08

Number of pages: 3

Attendance:
‘Abdallah al-Tal (the military governor),
Anwar al-Khatib (chair),
Saba Sa’id (deputy),
Yassin al-Khalidi,
‘Abdallah Na’was,
Ibrahim Nussibeh,
Hussein al-Nashashibi,
Dr. Ra'fat Faris,
Reporters of local newspapers,
the Palestinian Broadcast,
and al-Rawda Radio.

Absenteeism:
Father Ibrahim ‘Ayad,
Tawfiq Wafa al-Dajani,
‘Adel Jabir,
Sheikh Diaa' al-Din al-Khatib.

Topics:
Inaugural speeches of the new municipal council - p. 1;
Decisions of the new municipal council: Issuing a letter to express loyalty to King ‘Abdallah - p. 1;
Issuing a letter to express gratitude to the military governor - p. 1;
Expressing gratitude to the municipality's employees and workers - p. 1;
Resuming the work of the municipal engineer, Yusif al-Budeiri - p. 1;
Payment vouchers and checks to be signed by the mayor or his deputy - p. 2;
Holding the municipal council meetings once a week - p. 2;
Communicating with the international monitors and the Armistice Committee to reclaim the lost check from Barclays Bank - p. 2;
Forming a finance committee - p. 2;
Contacting an auditing firm - p. 2;
Steps to secure water to Jerusalem - p. 2;
Exempting Beit Safafa from the water fees used by the hospital since the end of the British Mandate - p. 3;
Salaries of the health department's workers - p. 3.