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25th, 1953.
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<br />ties for accuracy and validity which are incumbent upon the Registrar, whomever he might be.
<br /> The first criterion which comes ro mind as ro the~ salary of the job is a comparison be-
<br />tween what this city is paying and what other cities are paying- However, I do not believe such comparisons are
<br /> only cities of anywhere near compar-
<br /> valid. Prior ro the establishment of the job in Portsmouth, the has a tremendously elaborate office,
<br />necessarily rats, were Richmond and No~folk, Richmond u eR~ht~nrdi~Spam.~
<br /> size, which had.General Regist ' hlyrYe Be ~ ' '
<br />able . ent assistants, and the job-offers a very substantzal sa 'th
<br />with a Registrar an~fot~_ p~e~ comnarison can not be made. In the case of Norfolk, who g
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<br /> larger than Portsmouth, so ~ ....
<br />$4,~60. per annum, with regular annual increases, and has two permanent assistants, it is noteworthy that for soy-t
<br />eral years, the Registrar himself was out~ on sick leave. It is obvious that the Norfolk City Council was not ~oingi
<br />to substantially increase his salary as those years past. The other cities in the Sta~e switched ro the General
<br />Registrar system ar about the same time as Portsmouth, but it is interesting that Arlington County, 195~, affordedi
<br />a salary of $3,900.00 and that the Registrar there had one regular and two part-time assistants. The City of
<br />Lynchbnrg, which is considerably smaller than Portsmouth, pays a grea~er salary than does Portsmouth.
<br /> It seems to me that a better way ro evaluate the job of General Registrar would be to
<br /> compare it,'from the standpoint of responsibility, wit~ certain other jobs A comparison of the salaries paid,
<br /> of the ~nmber of assistants furnished, and of the responsibilities involved in such other city jobs as the Super-
<br /> of Recreation and his maintenance assistant, and the custodian of the City
<br /> intendent of Cemeteries, the Director the relative value, to the City, of these jobs, and of the job of Registrar.
<br /> M~rket Building, throws much light on
<br /> With this thought in mind, the following ssatistics from this office seem pertinent:
<br /> Total number of registered voters: t~,131
<br /> Number of new registrants since 11~4/5~ 885
<br /> Transfers into the City since 1;1/53
<br /> Transfers out of the City since 1/1/53
<br /> Transfers within the City since L 1/53
<br /> hedeath
<br /> A monthly list has been obtained
<br /> · istratzon lists have been m~deup and sold to pa~zes zn~rested z
<br /> the records each month. 43 ~ecznct keg - ~ +~ ~ ~1tv FinallN.~ it is my farm belzef tha~ unzess
<br /> l~tio~ ~nce Januarw 1, 1953, with a retu~ oz ~x,u. ~ ....... ~. L~t~ ~ +h~ ~ob might well not
<br /> ~s job ;ays a salary which need not necessarily be supplemented, the responsz~z
<br /> be upheld. At the present smlary, it would be almost i~ossible for a person, capable of carryzng ou~ the obliga-
<br /> tions of the job ~o do so, unless he had an ousside income. ~y I exp~SS my aopreciaIion in advance for ~v con-
<br /> sideration you see fit ~o afford this problem."
<br /> Motion of ~. Howard zo refer ~o the City Manager, was adopted.
<br /> 10th - "I submit the a~tached letter from J.L. Jolliff, requesting that lot desig~ted
<br /> $405 in the pi~ers Point ~rea, fronting 50 feet on Jac~on Street, be offered for ~te.at public auction. I con-
<br /> cur in ~. Jolliff's suggestion and reco~nd tha~ the City Council o~r the lot for sale."
<br /> ~tion of ~. Hoard tha~ the City ~nager be_authorized ~o ~vertise the lots for sale,
<br /> was adopted.
<br /> ~FINIS~D 'BUS I~SS
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<br /> The following ordi~nce, placed on first reading a~ ~st meeting, was t~en up and read:
<br /> "AN O~I~CE TO A~ ~ ~-O~AIN SECTION 27-36 OF T~ CODE ~0~ ~ .CITY OF
<br /> Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951, ~TING TO T~ N~ER OF TAXI
<br /> On motion of ~. Houghton, said ordi~nce was adoptS, and by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes: Duke, Grimes, Hawks, Houghton, Howard, Lawrence, Smith ,Sturtevant,
<br /> Warren, Wilson
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<br /> Nays: None
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<br /> ~e following ordinance, placed on first reading a~ last meeiing, was taken up and read:
<br /> "AN .O~INANCE .TO PROVIDE A SUPP~AL ~TI~ SYSTEM FOR ~I~ E~ES"
<br /> On motion.of ~. Grimes, ~id ordinance was adoptS, and by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes:D~e, Gr~es, Hawks, Houghton, Howard, ~wrence, Smith, Sturtevant,
<br /> Warren, Wilson
<br /> Nays:None
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<br /> 48
<br /> 59
<br />and between 8 and 12 names have been removed from~~
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<br />NEW BUSINESS -
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<br /> The following petition was read:
<br /> "We, the undersigned residents.of Merrim~c Point section of Portsmouth, Va. requesz the
<br />Portsmouth Transit'Company to furnish our section with transportation servzce.
<br /> (Signed)~Srs. Edward Rorton, lO1 Porter Road, and numerous
<br /> others."
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<br />Approved -
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<br />~tion of Mr. Howard ~o refer to the.iTransportation Co~~s~uup~ed'
<br />On motion adjourned.
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<br />President.
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