Finance Sub-Committee: January 12th 1925
The General Manager raised the question as to the insurance of boilers at Head Office premises 6 & 8, Edmund Street, but in view of the fact that the alterations were not yet complete, and that the heating apparatus would be overhauled before the offices were used, it was decided to leave the question of insurance until that time.
The Sub-Committee were informed that the Superintendent Valuer proposed to insert in the supplemental Valuation List a net assessment of £580 in respect of premises 6-8 Edmund Street.
310 RESOLVED:- That this figure be agreed to.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: February 9th 1925
The General Manager stated that it was probable that the Lozells Branch would be ready for opening in three weeks' time and the Hay Mills Branch in four weeks. The Head Office would probably be ready at the end of April.
676 RESOLVED:- That the Lord Mayor be invited to open the Lozells Branch and the Lady Mayoress the Hay Mills Branch, and the General Manager instructed to arrange suitable dates and make the necessary arrangements.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: March 9th 1925
The Sub-Committee were informed that the Chairman of the General Committee had arranged with the Chairman of the Water Committee, the question of the Water Department making some contribution to the Bank in respect of the improvement effected to the portion of the Council House which had been occupied by the Bank and which would be vacated by them on the transfer to the new Edmund Street premises.
The General Manager reported that he had, in consultation with Mrs Hamilton Shaw (the Welfare Superintendent) interviewed several married couples for the position of caretaker at the new Edmund Street premises. A combined wage of £2. 10. 0 had been offered, but in the General Manager's opinion this amount was not sufficient to obtain the right type of persons.
700 RESOLVED:- That the General Manager be authorised to appoint a suitable married couple for the position, at a combined wage of £3 per week.
Finance Sub-Committee: March 9th 1925
The Sub-Committee considered the best method of displaying the existing key sign, and also the
lighting arrangements, and the General Manager informed them that the matter was receiving attention, and a new method would be adopted
in connection with the new Head Office in Edmund Street.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: April 6th 1925
717 On Minute No 693, the Sub-Committee were informed that Mr Councillor Appleby had discussed with the Chairman of the Water Committee the question of the payment of a contribution to the Bank in respect of structural alterations etc at the present Head Office. It was thought that an equitable arrangement would be arrived at between the Water, Finance and Bank Departments and report would be made in due course. The Minute was continued.
On Minute No 700 (Caretakers of new Head Office premises) the General Manager reported that he had appointed Mr and Mrs Millin to the position at a commencing joint salary of £2. 15. 0 per week for the first three months and £3 per week thereafter.
719 RESOLVED:- That the General Committee be recommended to confirm the appointment above referred to.
The General Manager reported that tenders had been invited for furniture and fittings for the new Head Office premises in Edmund Street. The lowest tender was that of Messrs Maddocks & Walford, contractors, for the building, at the sum of £689.
723 RESOLVED:- That the General Committee be recommended to confirm the acceptance of the tender above referred to, and to instruct the Town Clerk to prepare and affix the Corporate Seal to any necessary contract.
Finance Sub-Committee: April 6th 1925
On Minute No 309 (Edmund Street premises - Insurance of Boilers) the General Manager reported that on the advice of the City Surveyor the boilers at the new Head Offices had been insured against explosion risks in the sum of £50.
The City Treasurer had raised a further question as to insuring other parts of the heating and the General Manager had referred the point to the City Surveyor who was the Architect to the work.
339 RESOLVED:- That the action of the General Manager be confirmed and the advice of the City Surveyor be taken therein.
341 On Minute No 332 (Key sign - method of display) the General Manager reported that certain members of the Bank Committee had visited the Head Office premises, and the proposal regarding the display of the Key Sign had been explained to them, together with the proposed lettering, which they decided should be in black instead of gilt as at present.
The question of adopting another form of display in place of leaded lights was deferred to another meeting.
The General Manager submitted a letter from Messrs Henry Hope & Sons Limited, the makers of the heating installation at Nos 6 & 8 Edmund Street, pointing out that certain alterations made to the flue connection had improved matters, but that the best way of preventing any further recurrence of smoke trouble would be to fix the boiler at the bottom of the brick stack.
347 RESOLVED:- That the General Manager be instructed to communicate with the City Surveyor on the matter, and to request the latter, if he agrees that such an alteration is desirable, to state the approximate cost which would be involved.
Bank Committee: April 20th 1925
2039A The following report of the General Purposes Sub-Committee was presented:
Caretakers of new Head Office Premises.
Mr and Mrs Millin have been appointed Caretakers at the Edmund Street Premises at a commencing joint salary of £2. 15. 0. per week for the first three months, thereafter being increased to £3 per week. Your Sub-Committee recommend that the action taken in making the appointment be confirmed.
Furniture and Fittings at new Head Office Premises.
Tenders have been received for the supply of furniture and fittings at these premises, and the lowest Tender, that of Messrs Maddocks & Walford, the contractors for the alterations, at the sum of £689, has been accepted. Your Sub-Committee recommend that the action taken be confirmed and the Town Clerk instructed to prepare and seal any necessary Contract.
2040 RESOLVED:- That the appointment of Mr and Mrs Millin as caretakers at the new head office premises, Edmund Street, as from 23rd March, 1925, at a commencing joint salary of £2. 15. 0. per week for the first three months, and thereafter at £3 per week, be confirmed.
2041 RESOLVED:- That the action taken in accepting the tender of Messrs Maddocks & Walford Ltd for the supply of furniture and fittings at the new head office premises, Edmund Street, at the sum of £689 be confirmed, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare and affix the Corporate Seal to the necessary contract.
Special Bank Committee: May 4th 1925
The General Manager stated that the Contractors for the Edmund Street premises had pointed out that the insurance cover against fire expire on the 29th April, and in view of the Bank having entered into possession of part of the premises, the General Manager stated that it was necessary for the Committee to make provision for such insurance.
2058 RESOLVED:- That the Treasurer and General Manager be instructed take any necessary steps for covering the Edmund Street premises against fire in the sum of £10,000 for the time being, and that the matter be referred to the Finance Sub-Committee for consideration and necessary action.
Finance Sub-Committee: May 11th 1925
On Minute 339 (Insurance of Heating Apparatus - Edmund Street) the General Manager stated that the City Surveyor had suggested that the apparatus in question should be insured in the sum of £50.
353 RESOLVED:- That the matter be referred to the Treasurer and the General Manager to make such arrangements for the insurance of the heating apparatus at head office as they may consider desirable.
356 The General Manager reported that in regard to the insurance of the Edmund Street premises, the Contractors
- Messrs Maddocks & Walford - had arranged for the policy of insurance taken out by them to be continued until the completion
of their contract, when the Treasurer and himself would bring the proposal for the future insurance of the premises before the Sub-Committee.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: May 11th 1925
The Sub-Committee considered the question of making suitable arrangements for the formal opening of the new head office at the Edmund Street premises:
740 RESOLVED:- That the Chairman of the General Committee and the General Manager be authorised to make suitable arrangements for the opening referred to.
Bank Committee: May 18th 1925
On Minute No 2041 (Supply of furniture and fittings - Head Office premises, Edmund Street) the Town Clerk submitted the following report as to the completion of the contract with Messrs Maddocks & Walford:
May 18th 1925
I have to report that the following Contracts are now duly completed:
Minute No 2041.
Contractors: Maddocks and Walford.
Particulars: Erection of counters and screens for new premises in Edmund Street.
2063 RESOLVED:- That Minute No 2041 be discharged.
The Committee were informed that in response to an invitation on behalf of the Bank, the Right Hon Neville Chamberlain, MP, had expressed his willingness to open the new Head Office premises, either on the 3rd or 10th July.
2084 RESOLVED:- That the Chairman and General Manager be empowered to make such arrangements as they may deem necessary in connection with the formal opening of the new Head Office Premises on a date convenient to the Rt Hon Neville Chamberlain.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: June 8th 1925
750 On Minute No 693 (question of contribution in respect of present Head Office premises) the General Manager stated that an agreement had practically been arrived at in regard to an equitable adjustment being made in respect of expenditure incurred by the Bank in alterations to the offices in the Water Department.
752 On Minute No 740 (opening of New Head Office premises) the Sub-Committee were informed that the necessary arrangements were being made for the opening of these premises on July 3rd.
Finance Sub-Committee: June 8th 1925
365 On Minutes Nos 341 and 354 (Bank Signs and Lettering) the General Manager reported that a new type of design had been adopted for the windows of the new Head Office premises, and the members of the Sub-Committee were invited to inspect the same with a view to deciding whether it would be appropriate for adoption at new branch premises in preference to leaded lights.
On Minute 347 - Fixing of Boilers, Edmund Street, the Sub-Committee were informed that the Public Works Department had expressed the view that it would be necessary to have the boiler removed to remedy the smoke difficulty at present experienced. Messrs Hope's tender amounted to £26. 10. 0. for carrying out the removal with a small charge for covering the pipes.
367 RESOLVED:- That the General Manager be authorised to have the necessary work carried out on the terms referred to.
The General Manager stated that the cleaners for the new Head Office would be required to work under the direction of the caretakers who were responsible for the cleanliness of the offices. At present Council House cleaners were being used as a temporary measure acting under Mrs Kings and a number of them also cleaned at Branches. The arrangement was not satisfactory as a permanency and at Branches it was difficult to get the instructions of the Branch Manager carried out as the cleaners felt they could only act to Mrs Kings' directions. The General Manager therefore considered it desirable that the Bank should have its own cleaners from the 1st July 1925, and that they should be used for cleaning branches also. He had worked out a scheme on these lines which would result in a saving of £100 per annum, and would give satisfactory results. As regards cleaning windows at Head Offices the General Manager proposed to arrange a contract with a reliable firm.
373 RESOLVED:- That the proposals outlined for cleaning Head Offices and Branches and cleaning windows at Head Office be adopted and the arrangements left in the hands of the General Manager.
Bank Committee: July 20th 1925
2131 The following report of the Finance Sub-Committee was received:
Contract for Window Cleaning at Head Office.
The tender of the City and District Window Cleaning Company has been accepted for cleaning windows at the Head Office
of the Bank on the following terms:
1. Outside windows facing Edmund Street 4/6 per clean
2. Other outside windows 6/3 per clean
3. Inside windows facing Edmund Street 4/6 per clean
4. Other inside windows 6/- per clean
5. Glass Partitions 10/6 per clean
It is intended that No 1 should be done once a fortnight, Nos 2, 3
and 4 once in every four weeks, and No 5 once in every three months.
Your Sub-Committee recommend that the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare the required contract, if necessary affixing the Corporate Seal thereto.
Insurance of Premises.
Your Sub-Committee have authorised the necessary steps to be taken for insuring the Head Office buildings of the Bank against fire in the sum of £15,000, and the furniture in the sum of £2,000.
2133 RESOLVED:- That the Town Clerk be instructed to prepare the necessary Contract with the City and District Window Cleaning Co for the cleaning of windows and glass partitions at Head Office, on the terms mentioned in the foregoing report, affixing the Corporate Seal to such contract, if necessary.
Finance Sub-Committee: October 12th 1925
The following report as to the insurance of the boilers and heating apparatus at Head Office was submitted:
Heating Apparatus & Boilers - Edmund Street
The City Treasurer has insured two boilers at the Head Office for explosion and cracking risks in the sum of £500 each, which involves a premium of £4. 15. 6d per annum.
The difference in the amount of premium only varies to the extent of 1/- per cent, and in the opinion of the Treasurer the insurance for each boiler in the sum of £500 is advisable.
396 RESOLVED:- That the action taken in effecting the insurance referred to on the terms stated be confirmed.
General Purposes Sub-Committee: October 12th 1925
On Minutes Nos 693 and 717 (former Head Office premises) the Sub-Committee were informed that a contribution of £1,000 in respect of the improvements effected by the Bank during its occupancy of the premises at the Council House had been received from the Water Department.
793 RESOLVED:- That Minute Nos 693 and 717 be discharged.