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September 29, 1964 64r243 - "The Portsmouth Water Department office in Suffolk will be moving into 2he new Suffolk Municipal Building in the very near future. The present location of the Water Department Collection Of£ic~, at 130 N. Saratoga Street, owned by the Water Department, will b? o~ no value to. the D~partment when it moves. I recommend that I be authorized to advertise this property for sale when the office has been moved.: Motion of Mr. Dillon to concur zn the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted without dissenting vote. 64-244 - "The Hampten Roads Committee on Area-Wide Cooperation requested the City Managers of the area to meet with reference to the Anti-Poverty Bill. A meeting of the Managers was held on Thursday, September 17, 1964, and ii was concluded that the Managers would recommend to their individual Councils that all cities join in s preliminary study, to be made by reputabte consulting firm, which will only give us information as to what we will need in the ~ay of a survey if we are either individually or collectively going to participate in the Anti-Peverty Program. ~t this moment, we cannot expect Federal funds to participate in this particular survey; but as a result of this survey, we would hope to be able to inform the Council as to what Federal participation will be available in developing, as a result of a survey zn depth, a program for the entire area or for each individual dity. The extimated cost of this preliminary study is $7,000, with the cost to be shared on a per capita basis. Even though the City of Suffolk is ~not represented on the Hampton Roads Committee on Area-Wide Cooperation, Suffolk would like to be included in this preliminary study and share the cost with the rest of the cities I recommend that the City of Portsmouth participate in this preliminary study." Motion of Mr. Barnes to concur with the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 64-245 - "I submit the attached letter from the City Assessor, advising me of an erroneous assessment against the Gulf Oil Company. I recommend that .~he City Auditor be authorized to refund $105.75. pai~i in error by the Gulf Oil Company." (At'ta~hed-- "Due to a calculation error chargeable to this office, the af6~ementioned parcel was erroneeusly assessed for three (3) quarters in 1963, in the amount of $4700.00, and therefore over taxed in the amount of $105.75. I therefore, respectfully reques.t that the Gulf Oil Corporation be rebated $105 75, upon approval of the City Council.") Motion of Mr. Dillon ~o concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was .adopted without dissenting vote. "I '~ · 64-246 - S~b~.ma~ ~he, ~d ~eporz.r~cetved from the Department of Agriculture and Immigration. T~is report covers the testing and i~spe~%~ion of W~ighing' and measuring equipment and enforcement activities in the City of Portsmouth for the period ending June 30, 1964. This is for the information of the Ci%y Council. (Attached--"We are pleased to submit a report on the testing and ~nspection of weighing and measuring equzpment and enforcement activities in Pcrtsmouth City for the period ending Ju~e 30, 1964. The report of the devices ~isted below covers the work of inspector S L. Duke in accordance with an agreement between Po[tsmouth City and the Virginia Department ~f Agriculture. Also listed below are livestock and vehicle scnles and vehicle tank and bulk plant meters checked by our inspectors, Messrs. Jones, Dunn and Wood.. Total Percentage Kind Tested Correct Incorrect Incorrect Computing Scales Cotu/ter Scales Hanging Scales Warehouse Scales Livestock Scales Vehicle Scales Platform Scales Vehicle Tank Meterst Bulk Plant Meters Total 353 273 80 23% 130 118 12 9% 107 R~ 14 13%. 7 6 1 14% 2 2 0 -- 48 -{39 9 19% 46 39 7 15% 85 61 24 28% 60 49 11 18% 838 680 158 19% Factory Package~ 6,796 5,994 802 12% Checkweighed Store Packages Checkweighedd 18,027 ~3,895 4,132 23% ~eights Tested 497 465 32 6% Gasoline Ptunps 507 404 103 20% Kerosene Pumps 134 78 56 42% Grease Measures 134 - 114 20 15% The above is-only s statistical analysts of our inspectors' reports. It does not reflect the many hours Mr. Duke spent in supervisory activities with market managers, oil companies, and in surveillance of scrap iron dealers, etc. Our new Law has required Mr. Duke 5o devote s considerable amount of his time and effort in the area of package labeling and advertising of petroleum products at local service stations. This area, plus newspaper advertisements, will be expanded in the coming year.