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October 23rd, 1956. Ayes: Bartlett, Baker: Hinton, Kilby, Scott, Smith, Weisc~man Nays: None 56--315 - "I su]~mit the sttached amendment To a~ ordinance for the Classification of Employ- ment and a Compe~sali~ plan for ~loy~s of the City. ~e ~nt S~e~ np one Grade ali City ~plo~'es ~d ~it is esIi~ted t~t ~e increase ~ salaries will amount ~o approx~tely $9~,000.000 ~ally. I receded t~t the ~en~en~ be placed on fi~t reading." Motion o~ ~. Baker to suspend the rules to hear fr~ Mr. ~be, representing the Fire ~partment, ~s adopted. Nr. Kube staled that the firemen ~e not satisfied wi~ the reco~endation o~ the City ~mger ms to sala~ ~crea~e~. Motion o~ ~r. Weise~u ~o p~e ~e follo~ng ord~ ~ ~irst rea~g, was adopted: "~ O~CE ~ ~ SC~ B ~.~ O~CE ENTIT~ '~ O~CE ~OVIDING F~R ~ C~S~ICATION OF ~NT ~ A C0~E~A~ON P~ FOR ~ES OF ~ CI~', ~T~G ~ ~ S~DU~ ~ PAT OF EI~ E~ES" ~? ~ 56~I6 - "It iS ~ ~der ~o consider the repots ~rom the City Atto~ey on the ~endmen~ to the Lice~e Tax 0rdl~ance. F~om City Atto~ey - "I ~ s~tting her~ith ~ ore,ce w~ch the City Council requested ~ to ~ ~d w~ch I p~s~e ~ou w~ p~se~ted in the order ~o~ o~ the for the nex~ m~t~g. I~k the attention ~ ihs City ~uncil should be called toSectio~ 4~4 o~ the Code o~ Virg~ W~h ~a~ as ~ollows~ 46--64 - ~Except as hereina£ter otherwise provided, incorporated towns aud cities and counties hawing a pQpulation in excess of two thousand inhabitants a sqf%a~e~zile according to the last ~receding United States ce~sus~ may levy ~nd assess taxes and cha~ge license fees and ta~eS upon vehicles, except license fees and saxes upon vehicles used by a dealer or mauufac~urer ior sales purpoges, and except vehicles used by common carriers of persons or property operating between cities and towns in this state and not ia lntra--city transportation. Such license fees and saxes shall be charged, imposed and assessed in such m~er, on such basis, and for such periods, as the proper authorities of such counties, incorporated towns and cities may determine, and subject to pro-ration for fractional periods of years in the smme manner ~ prescribed in S46-176, butut he amount of the license fees and taxes imposed by any such counsy, city or town on any class of vehicles shall not be greater shan ~he amount of liceuse sm_x imposed hy the s~a~e ~m vehicles of like class." Mr. Kirby~s motion to place the ordinance on first reading was lost, there being no second. 56--S17 - "It ~ill be necessary for the City ~o acquire a title so land fronting on both ~ sides of George Wast~gton Highway (Route 17) from a ~t east o£ Elm Avenne to the wester~ City limits of the Cit~ at Paradise~Creek and I recommend that owners ~d occupants~ of the ~ollowing parcels of land he offered the ~ol - lowing sums of money and if the same are not accepted that the City Attorney he directed to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the land necessary ~o widen the road. Route 17 - Parcel No. Name A~onnt 3 6 7 12 13 14 15 15 21 22 23 24 33 36 Pauline Rubin $ 316.00 Herman J. Seidman 510.00 Earl F. Johnston 125.00 Commercial Trading~Corpora~ tio~ - or P.G. Blanford 1,974.00 Harry ~. & Irvin H. Cohen 147.00 J. B. Hannah 182.00 JLH. Fa~sgro~e 19~.00 Willie Sutton 404.00 HeiTs of J.T. Speight (EST) 404.00 James E. Harris 200.00 Ezekial I Phyal 3,800.00 Irving Cohen 4,300.00 Tara Co~qYn. & Peck 306.00 P.G. Blanford, Gloria V. Bland, George H. Buhl~, Rosa Lee Culpepper 1,062.00 37 Nellie V. Parker 2,000,00 124 P.K. Bell 4,000.00." A B Motion of Mr. Hinton to concur in the recommendation of the City N~nager,was adopted. 56-318 - "I am ~epor$i~g on notices from the .Compensation Board ~ fixing salaries and expenses for these: offices ~nder the 3u~ri~di~tio~ of the Boar~[. This is for your information and such action as the Council may desire to take." On motion filed. 56-319 - "I am sub~_itti~g a request from ~.H. 0asr, Jr., for the City to consider the sale or lease of the parcel of laud owned hythe City located'near the Seaboard Airline and Atlantic and DamvilleRail- roads. I recommend that the request be referred zo~ the Planning Commission for a repot o