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193 April 12th, 1955. 55-92 - "I submit the attached letter from Kings Daughters Hospital. A joint meeting was held as requested by the Beard of Directors in the attached let- ter at which time the question ef hospitalization of the medically indigent was discussed at length. I macro a rece~en~ati~n te the' City Cou3acil on March la, 1955 which you will mbserve from the letter was not acceptable to the Beard of Directors 'of the Eospital. Since the joint meeting ef the mem- bers of the Council ~ud the members ef t~e-Beai~l'~eT I~il~ecters of the King~ Da~ghte-rs Btospital, I have made a fur- thor study of the e~mditien that exists with particular reference to the emergency room servibe and to the audited cost as reported by Frederick B. Kill and Company, Certified Public Accountants, for the calendar year ending De- cember Slat, 1954. Due- to the increase in population since the original agreement was entered into whereby the City agreed tc pay $3~75 per emergency case and was later determiz~ to amount reS10,000.00 a~nually, the case toad has increased considerably in the emergency room, and D-am of the opinion that the new Beard of Di- rectors will make every e£fert ts reduce the cos~ of Qperation as much as it is possible to do so and that it will require several months of opara~ion before results can -be Sh~. For the abe¥c reasons, I am recommending that the amount appropriated for emergency treatment ~f patients he increased from $I0,000.00 per annam to $13,~00.00 for the calendar year begi~in~ Jasn- ary lst~ 1955, and ending December 31st, 1955. By referring to our budget, yen will observe that $5,006.00 appropriated ~er the ese of the City ~orgk~ and that under my previews recommendation, the amount was reduced te $~,000.00 annually, leavingthe balance ~f the appropriati~ for cur fiscal year in t3ae sum of $1,500.00, w~Ac~ can revert to the increase in the emergency room and would reunite culy an. a~ditional ~pprcpriation ef $1,50~.60 to ex~end the appropriation to December 31st~ 1955,. at ich time it is recommended tl~t a restudy be made o~ the en- tire hospitalization program so far as the City of P~r~temo~th participation i~ eonce~ned. You will als~ ~bservc tha~ the hospital has approved the naming of a representative of the City Council on the B~ard of Directors. It would he in order for the' C~3a%cii te recommend somemAe tc the Board." N~tion of Mr. Hawks te refer back to the City Manager, was adopted. 55-93 - "I am reporting that it is necessary to occasionally pravide additional h~spitaliza-- tion for our patients at Pat~ick Henry Hospital. The ~iverside Hospi. tal in Ne~rpert News, ~irgi~uka, has a rate of $16.68 per day per patient. This is the nearest hospital, te Patrick Henry where services are availahle. The ter~ative would be to return such patients as require this type si hospitalization to the Kings Daughters for treatment.~nder the circumstances, I recommend that a contract be entered into with Riverside Hospital ~md of course it will be left optional with' the certifyi~g'!~lh~rii-y whether they are to be hospitalized a~ Riverside or Kings Daughters Hospital." ~etion of I~r. Grimes to r~Tcr back to the City Nsnager was adopted. 55-94 - "I have been informed by the Superinte~ndent ef the Water Department that the fellew- lng dates are avaiI~ble for the inspection of the. Suf elk Water plant, 5{ay l?th, wb~ich is a third Tuesday; May lStt~ which is the following Wednesday, and May 33rd, the following ~nday, You will please designate which of the available dates will be suitable er acceptable to ~he Council.*' Motion o~ ~lr. Biliseli that the annual inspection e£ the Water plant he held ~y 17th, 1955, was adopted. 55-95 '- ~I su3m~it herewith a report ~n the ~etivities of the Game Warden fer the City Portsmouth f~r the months of Fehrmary and Narch, 1955. February I~arch Cases in C~urt 97 76 Fines $ 441.00 $ 355.00 Costs 178.00 138.00 Total $ 629.09 $ 493.00 The Game Warden reports that he ehe~ks mn average oi 26 houses per day er 780 a month for licenses on dogs~ He answers an average of 150 e~mrplaints and destroys from_forty to fifty dogs each month. There are ~wen~y t* thirty reports of dog bites each mouth. Each ei these dogs must he kept under close observation Eot rabies for 14 days. Fr~ time ~o time it is necessary to check on the n~mber and weight~ of chick- ens killed by dogs an~ in ma~ ~therways serve the needs of cur people. There is a weekly report t~rned in by the Game Warden te the CommiSsion of Game a~d Inland Fisheries, a copy of which is sent tc my o~fice. Although this reper~ serves the needs o£ the Cow~is- sion 'it does not repreSent a ~rue pier,re'of the activities cf ~he ~ame Warden. We have prepared a new monthly report fo~m 'f~r th~ Gam~e Warden, a c~py of which is attached, ~lich we hetieve will he Of much more yal~e te us. This report i~ far yonr information." On m~tion filed. 55-96 - "I submit the attached amendment ~o the Cede of the City ef Portsmouth, Virginia~ 1951 and recdmmend tha~ it be placed an first reading and that due notice be given of intention to adopt the amend~ ment by publication once a week f~r two s~ccessive weeks in a newspaper t~ving general circulation in the City of Portsmouth and ~orfelk Co~nty,$henotiee also stating that a public hearing will beheld on the adoption of the amendment, in the C~ncil Chamber, in the M~nicipal ~dialg in the City Of Portsmouth, Virginia, at 7:30 June 28th, ~55, at which time persons affected may alYpear before th~ City Council a~ present their views." adopted: ~otion of ~, Bi~isely~e place- the following e~dina~ce an first reading, was "A~ ORDINANCE TO ~%~a~D Tit~ CODE OF ~ CI~ OF ~RTS~L~ 1951 BY ~R~P~ LI~TM OF ~ ~I~ OF ~RT~U~ ~ ~ A D~ OF 55-97 - ~*I $%zbmit the attached loiter from C~gressmau Porter Hardy for yo~r considers-