Attendance:
Ruhi al-Khatib (chair),
Fayez al-‘Alami,
Omar al-Wa’ari,
Dr. George Farah,
Dr. Amin Majj,
Dr. Salim Ma’touq,
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
Yusif al-Najar,
Mattia Marom,
Fou’ad Muhie al-Din al-Nashashibi,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance)
Absenteeism:
‘Abd al-Muhssin Abu Meizar
Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous two meeting - p. 1;
Appointing employees for health facilities and guarding at the bus terminal – p. 1;
Lending to the Jerusalem municipality to pay for its shares of the Jordanian Jerusalem District Electricity Company Ltd. - p. 2;
Wadi al-Joz road - contractor Muhammad Issa Othman - p. 2;
Renting warehouse no. 7 in the municipality building on al-Adhamiyyah land – p. 2;
Recommendations of the roads and public works committee on 11/5/57 - p. 3;
The mayor’s proposal regarding the provision of additional sources of income for the Jerusalem Municipality - pp. 4-5;
Recommendations of the legal committee on 8/4/57: the petition submitted by some Jerusalem residents regarding the reduction of the housing rent allowances, the construction of public sewers in the city, the issue of compensation for the worker Hassan ‘Ali Aql, subscribers’ insurances for water during the mandate period - [requests from individuals] - pp. 5-7;
The agreement between the municipality and Wafik Yunis al-Husseini, the municipality’s lawyer - p. 7;
Omitting some lost supplies - pp. 7-8;
The annual report on the activities of the municipality during the year 1955/56;
The petition presented for paving a section of Salah al-Din road towards the post office – p. 8;
Amended Jerusalem public park fee bylaw – pp. 9-10;
Recommendations of the bids committee 13/5/1957: bids for the supply of cleaning materials, bids for the supply of blue line burlap bags, bids for the supply of brooms, brushes and broom sticks, bids for the supply of rubber tires for municipal cars, bids for the supply of a machine for water sterilization – pp. 10 -12;
Requests to rent the entrance to the municipality building on al-Adhamiyyah land – p. 12;
Request of the tenants of the café and restaurant in the municipality building on al-Adhamiyyah land - p. 13;
Report of the municipality’s lawyer on the issue of crops that were burned near Shu’fat - pp. 13-14