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Ayes: Bi!isoly: Duke: Henderson: H oughton~ Ho}~d~ St~rtevant: ~arren~ Weiseman~ Wilson Nays: None 6th - "Complying with your instructions at a recent conference of the City Council~ I have purchased fou~ load-packer garbage trucks: four d~p body trucks~ two cars for the Police Department and one crawler type tractor and recommend that the sum of $~0:000.00 be placed on its first reading to be used in the pa~nent o-f this equipment s~d de- livery." Motion of Mr. Houghton to o!ace an ~ppropr_atmon of $~0~000.00 for said purpose on its first reading~ was adopted. 7th "Due to world conditions~ many of the municipalities over the co, try are considering the re-establishment of local Civilian Defense organizations. I am of the opinion that it would be advisable for the City of Portsmouth to give this matter consi- deration and I recommend that s skeleton organization be set up along the lines of the Hopley Report submitted in 0ctober~ 19~8. Due to the illness of the Mayor: if it is the desire of the City Council~ I -~ll appoint a Director of Civilian Defense and direct that the Civilian De- fense organizationb e set up for th~ City of Portsmouth." Motion of Mr. Weiseman to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted. Mr. Wilson presented the following resolution: "RESOLVED that any employee of the City of Portsmouth who may be drafted: volunteer or by any other means become a member of the United Sta~es Armed Forces shall upon his request to his supervisor be granted an indefinite leave from P~s present po- sition without pay and upon his discharge from the said Armed Forces be returned to his former position provided his physical condition will permit." On motion of ~. Sturtevant~ said resolution was adopted. 8th - "I herewith submit an amendment to Section 307 of the Water Ordinance and recommend that it be placed on its first reading." reading~ was adopted: Motion of Mr. Bilisoly to olace the following ordinance on its first "AN 0RDINA~CE TO AMEt_~ ~AND RE-ORDAiN SUB-SECTION "D" OF SECTION 307 OF AN 0RDINAN~ ENTITLED 'AN 01~DII~CE TO AMEND AND RE-A~ND SECTIONS 306 to 329 I~CLUSIVE~ CHAPTF~R 21 OF _THE CITT CODE'~ ADOPTED JUNE 1~ 19207 RELATING TO WATER RATES." 9th - "The Chief of the Fire Department requested in his budget for 1~50 the sum of $1~000.00 for the purchase of a fire truck. It was determined ~t that time that the truck was badly needed~ but due to insufficient funds~-it was necessary to postpone the purchase of the truck. It is my intention to include the fire truck in the 1951 Bud- get. It is oossible that all fire equipment may be frozen soon and I recommend that I be au - thorized to ~lace a tentative order for the truck to be placed in the 195lBudget." Motion of ~. Sturtevant to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted. 10th - "In checking the records of the City of Portsmouth~ it has been determined that there is a balance remaining in t he School Bond Fuud appropriated to the main- tenance or repairs to school buildings in the sum of $3~857~67. Since this amount was not re- quired to complete the job for which it was app~opriated~ I recommend that it be transferred back to the General Fund." B~ar t on and $¥6 .oo be Motion o f Mr. Warren to concur in the recommendation of the City Man- ager was adopted. llth - "I am submitting herewith a request, for retirement of L.B. concur in the recommendation of the-Retirement Board and recommend that the sum of placed on its first reading to be appropriated to the Retirement Fund." Motion of Mr. Houghton to place an appropriation of $462.00 for said purpose on its first reading~ was adopted. 12th - "I am submitting herewith a copy of the annual audit of the accounts of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia for the fiscal year ending December 31st~ 19~9~ prepared by Frederick B. Hill and Compauy~ Certified Public Accountants of Nor~olk~ Virginia." On motion filed. Motion of Mr. Ho~.~rd that the City Council join the Portsmouth Cham- ber of Commerce and the City of Norfolk in opposing the removal of the Chesapeake & Ohio SteaE er between Portsmouth and New, port News~ was adopted.