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The Committee have considered the reference to them as to the
better housing of the Council and the Council's staff, and report as
follows:—
1.—The staff employed by the Council in the General Offices,
the Surveyors' Department, the Medical Officer's Department, aud
the Rating Department, consists of 104 persons at present, including
13 rate collectors.
2.—The accommodation at the present Council House for the
staff consist of 6 rooms, and is sufficient for 22 persons. Besides this
there is a Council Chamber, and two Committee Rooms, and the
only accommodation for the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors
consists of a hat and cloak room of very limited dimensions, and a
lavatory.
3.—The officers and servants in the Surveyors', Medical Officer's,
Rating, and Burials Departments are placed in separate buildings,
away from the Council House.
4.—The Committee is of opinion that the work of the Surveyor's
Department is best carried out at the premises at present used for
the purpose.
5.—The Committee is of opinion that the whole of the Council's
staff, except the Surveyor's staff and the Rate Collectors, should be
accommodated in one building, and having considered the possibility
of enlarging and extending the present Council House, recommend
that it be referred to an architect to report whether it is possible to
make alterations therein and additions thereto which would be
adequate for the purpose.
6.—The Committee have also considered the advisability of
purchasing No. 96, Wandsworth Common, North Side, and adapting
it for the Council's purpose, but do not approve of it.
18.-—-Upon the motion to adopt the fifth paragraph of the report
the following amendment was carried, viz.:—That the consideration
of purchasing additional premises for the use of the
Council's staff or extending the present Council House or erecting
a new one be deferred until after the next Borough Council Election.
On the amendment being put as a substantive motion a
further amendment was moved and carried as follows, viz.:—
That the whole question of the housing of the staff be referred back
to the General Purposes Committee for reconsideration, having regard
to the expression of opinion by the Council that day on the