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November 14th~ 19~0. Motion of ~ir. Howard to authorize the City Attorney to enter suit and to employ additional la~ers if necessary: was adopted. The following letter from Mrs. diary C. Floyd~ was read: "My husbsnd: Calvin C. Floyd~ who was a fireman with the City of Portsmouth for thirty two years~ died on October 31st~ 19~O. I understand it is the policy of the C~t~ to refund to the widow of a deceased member of th& Fire Department: the amount - ~ k~n deducted from his salary for the E~tirement Fund. I am respectfully as _ g that such refund be made to me~ his widow~ at your e~rliest convenience." Motion of Mr. Howard to ~ppropriate ~ql61.18 for said purpose~ was adopted~ and by the following vote: ~yes: Duke~ Bilisoly~ Grimes~ Houghton~ Howard~ Smith~ Sturtevant~ Warren~ Weiseman~ Wilson Nays: None. The following letter from A.J. Mapp~ Superintendent of Schools~ was read: - "~The Portsmouth Education Association and the Portsmouth Teachers~ ~ssoci~tion have requested the ?ortsmouth School Board for a raise of three hundred dollars per year for all teachers~ e~fective January l~ 1951. Rises in t~xes and living~ ~c°sts were cited in suooort of their request. It was also pointed out that~ while our teachers carry a he~vier teaching load than Norfolk an~ Ne~ort News teachers~ the salary schedule for teachers in Portsmouth is lower than that of either Norfolk or Newport News. kq~ile we have submitted our regular budget for the first six months of 19~l~ we trust that in considering salary increases for other City emoloyees~ that you also will give consideration to increases for school personnel. I em inclosing a salary survey of the Portsmouth Public Schools~ as requested. With best wishes~ t am." Motion of Mr. Howard to refer to the Budget Conference~was adopted. The following letter from the Chamber of Commerce was read: "In ~ccordance with action taken by the Board of Directors of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, at their regular meeting held on Tuesday~ 0ctbber 2Wth~ at th~ Portsmouth Hotel~ I am pleased to ~dvise you.~ as President of that organization~ that the Board unanimously placed itself on record advocating the removal of: (1) Confederate monument on Court St.~ im~nediately north of High Street. (2) The removal of the Portsmouth and Norfolk County public buildings st High and Court Streets to more suitable locations. The Chamber of Commerce of Portsmouth represents hundreds of busines: ~nd orofession~l men mud women~ t~xoayers and citizens in the Greater Portsmouth Area. They wbuld be happy to learn of your coition regarding this situation and would welcome an oppor tunity to become associated with ~ou in joint action looking toward the development of this oroject.:~ The action formally taken on Tuesday with regard to the above~ came after mature deliberation on the part of the citizens whose sole purpose is dedicated to the advancenent of our civic~ social~ and economic welfare. This action was taken for the best interests of the future of the City and we believe if your body will look forward to consummating the pro- jects carried in our first paragr~ph~ considerable benefit will accrue to our citizens in fu- ture years. In the judgment of some thoughtful and intelligent men~ the Confeder- ate Monument presents a ~affic hazard. Passenger traffic in the Commonwealth of Virginia has increased i.n the last decade~ according to the Highway DeDartment~ approximately 62% and the truck traffmc sporoximately 200%. From best informed s ources~ there will continue to be a traffic increase. Regarding the removal of the Portsmouth and NorPolk County public buildings~ our Directors were of the firm belief that this Number One business spot in our City could be ~sed ~s a business location resulting in a permanent t~ income to the City and further~ the sale of these oroperties would be profmtab e to the City at the present time. Rs-mentioned previously in this communiCation~ the Chamber stands ready to join with officials of the City of Portsmouth aud the officials of Norfolk County in the relocation of the ~bove-mentioned buildings aud monument. We offer our services to you in this connection. Sincerely yours~ Commerce stating that read: So! Fass~ President." Motion of Mr. Howard that the City Manager reply to the Chamber of the matters would be considered in the near future~ was adopted. The following letter from the Compensation Board in Richmond~ was "0n October 17th~ t9[O~ the Compensation Board conferred with the the Officers and Directors of the Virginia Rssociation of Sheriffs and Sergeants at which coherence the Compensation Board oointed out to these officers the substantial savings which could be effected by ~ plan such as we outline below~ There was unanimous agreement among these officers ~hat the plan would be fully ~ceeptable to them and ~etter service would re- sult and subst~mtial savings wo~ald accrue to the taxpayers. In each of the counties of llbe- mar!e and Roanoke the county furnishes automobiles to the sheriff and his fulltime deputies. ~ h Exoerience in e=c_ of those counties has demonstrated tgaat county-owned cars can be operated ~t-far less per mile them the six cents now being paid. C