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- 1962-07-18 (Creation)
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Number of pages: 15
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Attendance:
Ruhi al-Khatib (mayor,
chair),
Nihad Abu Gharbieh,
Dr. Subhi Ghosheh,
Dr. Amin Majj,
‘Ali al-Tazeez,
Yusif al-Najar,
Mattia Marom,
Faeq Barakat,
‘Abd al-Mughni al-Natsheh,
Dr. George Farah,
Salah al-Din Jarallah (secretary),
Anton Safieh (city clerk and head of finance)
Absenteeism:
Omar al-Wa’ari,
Muhammad Taher al-Daoudi
Topics:
Approval of the decisions of the previous meetings no. 133 and 134 - p. 1;
Distribution of proceedings and decisions of council meetings to members - p. 1;
Water affairs: The weekly average of water pumping, the electrification of ‘Ain Fara water project, Suliman pools, the construction of a water reservoir in the Suliman pools area, pipelines access to Hebron - pp. 1-2;
Administrative transfers between water distributors - p. 2;
Water that will be supplied to the areas of Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Hebron - p. 2;
Thanking the government and its agencies that contributed to the implementation of the project to deliver Hebron water to the Jerusalem and Bethlehem areas - pp. 2-3;
Recommendations of the roads, public works and lighting committee10/7/1962: New roads outside the walls, The Church of All Nations’ wall, street lighting - pp. 3-6;
Purchasing a truck - pp. 7-10;
Evacuation and removal of the wooden boxes at the entrance to the Dung Gate - pp. 10-11;
Combating the high prices of vegetables and fruits in Jerusalem by establishing secondary retail markets in different parts of the city – p. 11;
The 4250 dinars loan for the construction of the new hotel road - on Mount al-Tor - pp. 11-12;
Municipality employees annual [salary] increases - p. 12;
The Tourism Committee on 17/7/1962: Letter of the Director of the Arab Office in Dallas - USA, Equestrian Day in Jerusalem, concerts, bus stops, toilets and sanitary facilities for establishing camps, aid for Arab communities abroad, London Municipal Newspaper - pp. 12-14;
The establishment of an emergency water tank with a capacity of 40 cubic meters in the fire station – p. 15