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February.;~ 8th; 1955.
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<br />At a r~gmlmrmeeting of the City Cem~cit;~ ~elden February 8th, 1955, there were present:
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<br />Fred A~D~ke, B. W. Ba~er, Frank N~ ilisoly, Jr,, George L. Grimes, R. E. Hawks,
<br />J. N. Howard, E. W. Lawrence, R. Irvino Smith~ E. R. Stwrtevant, C. E. Warren,
<br />I.G. Vass, City Manager, ~md R. C. Barclay~ City Atio rney.
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<br />Minutes of regular meeting held on Jwauary 25th, 1955 were read and approved.
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<br />The following reports fr0m~ the City Manager were read:
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<br />55 -18 "I submit the attached ~ax ordinance aud recommead that it be placed o~ its first
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<br /> Motiau ef Mr. Lawrence to e~pen~ the rules to hear from mmy~ who wished to speak on the
<br />tax ordinance was adopted.
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<br />The foll~wi~g people Slake objecting to the adoption of the erdin~-ce:
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<br />W.J. ~/o~a~e~y~of the J~nior Chamber of Commerce, P.E. Wnukoski, J.P. Donlen, James G.H.NiitehetI,
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<br />S.C. Barrett.
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<br /> M~tion of Mr. Bilisoly that the following ~dinance be placed on first reading was adopted
<br />by the following vote:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING AND COLLECTING TAXES ON REAL ESTATE, TANGIBLE PERSONAL
<br />PROPERTY AND MACH~INERY WITHIN T~E LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA,
<br />FOR I~E PDRFOSE OF RAISING ~EVENUE FDR ~ SUPPORT OF THE GOVE~T AND THE
<br />P,UBLIC FREE SCHOOLS AND TO PAY INTEREST AND SINKING FUND ON Ti~ PUBLIC DEBT
<br />FOR ~E YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1955"
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<br />Ayes: Duke, Bili~iy, Grimes, Hawks, Howard, Lawrence,Warren
<br />Nays: Baker, Smit~, Sturte~ant.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Baker that as the next regular meeting of the Co,moil falls on a legal holiday,
<br />the meeting he held on February 15th and that this meeting he a public hearing on the tax ordinance, was adopted.
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<br /> Motie~ of Mr. Howard that the meeting on February 15th Be held in the Weodrow Wilson High
<br />School auditorium, was adopt.ed.
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<br /> 55-19 - "I submit the a~tached License Tax Ordinance for the City of Portsmouth and recommend
<br />tha~ it be placed on firs~ reading."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Sturtevaut to suspez~i the ~"ales to hear from Beverly Armistead of the Chesapeake
<br />and Potomac Telephone Company, was adopted.
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<br />~r. Armistead spoke objecting to the three per cent license tax on the telephone company's
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<br />Motion
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<br />of Mr. Smith to place the following ordin~uace on first reading was adopted:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE ~ING AND LEVYING LICENSE T~XES FOR TN~ YEAR BEGINNING
<br />MAY let, 1955 AND ENDIK~ APRIL 30th, 1956, AND ALSO FOR EAC9 AND EVERY
<br />YEAR THEREAFTER BE~INNIN~ WITH MAY l~t OF EACH SUCEYEARANDENDING WITH
<br />APRtL3~thFOLLOWINGUNTtL O'I~RWISE CHAN(~F~, FOR T~ SIPPPORTOF~J_E CITY
<br />~NT, THE PAhQ~A~TOFINTEREST ON ~E CITY DEBT, AND FOR
<br />MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAID LICENSE T~XES,
<br />AND PROVIBING PENALTIES"
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<br /> 55-20 - "I submit the attached report from the DiDector ef Public Weeks with referem~e Eo
<br />the widening of Elm A~enue from the Ida BarheurHousing project Eo the Seaboard Airline R~ilroad and recemme~
<br />that the City Manager ge authorized and directed to proceed to senure the best bids possible for the construction
<br />ef the project and that the project be constructed and ~ for from the Bond F~%nds.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard that the City Manager be a~tt~rize~l to secure bids for this work and thai
<br />they be submitte~to lhe~Oity Coumcil for apl~rOVal, was ad~p~ed.
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<br /> 55-21 - ~ealed bids were received a~ the office of tke City Manager, Municipal Bldg., Ports-
<br />mouth, at tweI~e o'clock noon, February 8, 1955, for the lease for a ~erm of twenty years of a parcel of land
<br />situated in Nansemond Coauty, Va. Two bids were received and are a/tattled thereto.
<br /> I recommend ~hat the hid of Esme StarbOard Oil Compauy be accepted and that the pro-
<br />per city offieis-ls he authorized and directed to P~epare $ coRtr~ in accordance ~ith the bid to he presented to
<br />C~cil at a la,er date for proper authority to ~c~e, said b~b~in~]ligh bid."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard that this be referred to a eommmitiee to confer with the CityManager to
<br />bring in a recemmendation, was adopted.
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<br />The Chair app$1n~[ the following committee:
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<br />Messrs. Howard, Baker a~d Lawrence.
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<br /> 55-22 - "A. W. Johnson ~ ~ther representatives of the Puhlic Housing a~ministration visited
<br />my office on Th~sday, Feb. 3, 1955 and advised that Public Homsing Projeez known as Barlow Homes would be
<br />placed on the market for sale in the near future ~n8 made inquiry if the City was i%iterested in tsk~g over the
<br />streets within the project that are not now a l~rt of the city sZree~ system as ~ell as the sanitary sewers a~
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