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p~eaent: At a regular meeting of the City Conncil, held on September llth, 1956, there were A.C. Bartlett, B. W. Baker, W. E. Hint on, Frank L. Kirby, John E% Scott, R. Irvine Smith, H. Earl Wei~eman, I. G. Yass, City Manager, and R.C.Barclay, City Attorney. The meeting wa~ opened with prayer by Rev. Eugene White. Minntes of the regular meeting of August 28th, 1956 and organizational meeting of September l~t, 1956 were read and approved. The following reporVs from the City Nanager were read:' 56-251 - "At a previous meetitg of the Council there was referred to the Nayor and City~anager the question of securing the services of a minister to offer prayer at the opening of each regular Council meeting. ~ We recommend that the Council appoint a minister who, at the time of his appointment,~ is serving in that capacity in a ~hurch located within the City of Portsmouth, to serve as Chaplain o£ the Council. It shal~ be the duty o~ s~eh minister~ priest or rabbi, zo o£fer prayer at the opening of each regular meeting uf the Council. We also recommend that each minister serve for a period o£ three months, and that these appointments be rotated among the ministers of the City. (Signed) Mayor'and City Manager." Motion of Mr. Wet, smart to concur in ihs recommendation of the City Manager was adopted. 56-252 - "t rec~ommend that an. appropriation in the sum of $25,000.00 from the Utlli~ Tax Fund be placed on its first reading for ~he p~rpese of de~ray~g ihe expense of purchasing the remainder of ~ land and the installation c~f the School Board'~ share of the cosf o£ ~torm drainage at the playground of the West-i haven School%" Motion of Mr. Baker to lay on the table was adopted. 56-253 - "A motion that a proper resolution he dk~awa and sent to G~vernmentof~icials responsible fO~ the constractio~ of the new Feder~LlBuilding in Portsmouth, exp~eS~isg Portsmouth's interest in the matter and that the City Ilauager have ~ivic clubs 'and the Chamber of COmmerce send re~olutioxL~, m~d if neces- sary, that a committee he sent to Washington to assure the construction e~ this building in Portsmouth, with of - ricers of the Coast Guard, was referred to me for a report. I am reporting that I con£erred with the Chamber of Commerce and ~ number of the civic clubs in Portsmouth, concerning the resolution. ! prepared a resolution to be sent to Washington, but priortomailing it we received an announcement that the appropriation had be~n signed by the President. I have had an opportunity to. discuss this rmtter with Congressman Har~y since the approval of the appropriation for the building and k t re Hardy bn~ advised~ me concerning our actions in the matter. I will tmve additional informatio~ for the Council at a future date and ~ probably be n~cessary to call the Council in a special meeting to consider the Federal Building site. I shall keep the Conncil advised concerning this matter should the necessity ari~e." ~otion of N~r. Weigeman that a letter of appreciation for their e~forts in securing the new Federal building for Portsmouth be for~varded Senators Byr~ :and Robertson and Congres~anan Hardy, was adopted. 56-254 - "A~ a previous meeting of Council, the questibn of closing a portion of Clif- ford St. east of ILamilton Ave. was referred~ to me for a report. Ii--suggested at the former meeting that I en- deavor, to secure additional right of way £romConstruction Associates in order to open Clifford St. from Hamilton Ave. to ~t. Vernon Ave. and to acquire by gift if possible, a iriangu~lar -shaped parcel o£ land lying south of Clifford St. between Mt. Vernon Ave. and Hamilton Ave. I am reporting that I have conferred with the representatives of Constructio: Associates'and have been informed that they are not particularly interested in having that portion of Clifford St. closed, east of Hamilton Ave. and that the firm does ~o~ own the land retorted to; ~o be acquired for extending Clifford St. to Nt. Vernon Ave., nor do they own the triangular parcel of land that you requested I endeavor to quire. I recommend that that portion o£ Clifford St. lyi~ east of Hamilton Ave., not be closed and that we continue our efforts to acquire the necessary rights-of-way to connect the street to Mt. VeE~on Ave." On motion filed. 56-255 - "_~a order to establish a land fill for the disposal of trash and rubbish, ita is necessary to purchase ~ combination crane and drag line. We have determined that the most economical size i~ 3/4 y~rd. The cost will be slightly less tham $~5,000.00. I have received competitive bids for this unit of equipment and I have placed a tentative order subject to an appropriation by City Council. I therefore recommend that the sum of $25,000.00 he placed on first reading, to defray the cost of the drag line equipment. One reason for requesting this appropriation at the present time i~ the fact that there was an increase in cost of approximately 8% on this ~ype of equipment on er about September 1~ 1956; however, the dealer having had this pa3~ticular machine on order the firm quoted the machine at the old price Motion of Mr. Smith to place an appropriation of $25,000.00 for said purpose on firs~ reading, was adopted. 56-256 - "At a previous meeting of Council, the question of adjustments of salaries and wages of City employees was referred to me for a study and repots. I am reporting that the Committee which studied and prepared the ordinance and the classification of employmen~ and compensation plan for the employees of the City, studied this report with me and we agreed u~on the report I am submitting. I ara also reporting that a committee representing both the Po~Lic:eand Fire Departments met with the City Auditor and myself and discnased