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June 8th, 1965 "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY" 65-152 -"I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This appropriates $16,0~0 in the General Fund to cover expenses connected with setting up the administratiol of the sales tax. It covers the cost of IBM equipment, telephone service, forms and supplies, copies of ordinances, postage, salaries of two auditors, and two automobiles. June 50, 1965." This covers the expenseof the Commissioner of Revenue's Office until without dissenting vote: On motion of Mr. Dillon, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, "AN 0RDINA~CE TO APPROPRIATE $16,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR EXPENSES CONNECTED WITH SETTING UP THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SALES TAX" 65-153 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This appropriates $225,000 for the desig~n, preparation of contract drawings, specifications and bidding documents suitable for advertising, and award for construction contracts for the new marine terminal at Pinners Point. This work is being done by Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas in joint venture with Langley and McDonald. The~City Council authorizedlthe employment ofthese firms in January 1965. It is necessary for the City to advance these funds for this engineering wQFk in order to be ready for constrmction. This will proceed when approved by the General Assembly for the State Ports Authority. The City will be reimbursed these funds at that timeJ' without dissenting vote: On motion of bir. Barnes, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $225,000.00 FROM TtIE GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR ENGINEERING WORK ON THE NEW MARINE TERMINAL" 65-154 - "I recommend that I be authorized ~o transfer appropriations in the General Fund as per attached list. These are the usual budget adjustments requested each year." without dissenting vote. Motion of Mr. Eastes to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, attached agreement. 65-155 - "I recommend that the proper City officials be authorized to sign the This covers the construction of a water line to the pier at Pinners Point, owned by the Virginia State Ports Authority and leased by the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission. This will pro~ide fire protection as well as make water available to be sold to ships docking at the pier. The State Ports Authority will pay two thirds of the cost for this construction." Motion of Mr. Barnes that the proper city officials be authorized to sign the agreement, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 65-156 - "At the time that the Norfolk County Ferries were liquidated in 1954, $S0,000 was set up to pay employees who retired before a pension plan was set up. These retired employees were beingI paid from the operating funds of the ferries. At that time there were fourteen retired employees, and it was estimated that these funds would last until 1959. However, due to the deaths of these employees and the investment of the funds, we have been able to continue paying the pension every month to the surviving employees. There are three employees now receiving a pension. The remainder of this S30,000 will run out in September 1965, and we will be unable to continue payments at that time. I have'advised the City of Chesapeake of this situation, and they have agreed to assume half the cost to continue these pensions. The pensions amount to $200 per mon~h; therefore, it would cost the City S100 per month as its share. This would amount to $950 in the 1965-66 budget ~ear~ I recommend that the City assume half the cost to continue these pensions, with the funds to come from funds set up in the budget under pensions." without dissenting vote. ~tion of Mr. Barnes to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, 65-157 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first ireading' This authorizes condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of land for a right-of-way to construct an access road between Virginia State Ports Authority property and nronerty owned by the City of Portsmouth. - - THis construction is necessary in order that the Virginia State Ports Authority property and the City of Port ~mDuth property can be connected by a roadway system for fire and police