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August 10th,t948 ~Fd~A~, such a faei~lity has long been needed here; many of ou~ people being deprived of much beneficial water recreationbecause of our distance f~om bathing beaches, and _ ~I~EREA$, the experience of other communities has been such that we are led to believe that .the -expense of such a project would'be repaid the Cityin a relatively short time, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Portsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce enthus iastically endorse the City Manager's program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this organization do all within i ts pow- er to assure public endorsement of this project, and BE IT FUROR RESOLVED that copies of rinse resolutions be sent the City ~ager, the Honorable Co~.mucil of tho City of Portsmouth and the Press. Adopted by the Portsmouth Jundor Chamber of Commerce i nregula~ meet- ing assembled, August 4th, 1948. ~. ~rayser Gorm~, President. Attest: Jack P. ~arnes, Secretary." On motio~ ordered filed. The following con~unications from the City Manager were read: 1st - ~Iu accordance with approval o£ City Council, wehave adver- tised for bids on the construction of city sto~m drains in the Waterview area and these bids were received and opened at noon o n August 9th, 1948. The bids were tabulated with ~ne following results: A.G. Pinkston, Portsmouth, Va. ~m. C. Fray, Norfolk, Va. Vanguard Construction Co.NbrfoLk $16~343.25 18~BS1.00 26,638.00 The bid of A.G. Pinkston and Company being low and within the appropriation as made by City Council, I recommend that this work b e awarded to him and tkmt the City Manager be authorized to sign this contract." Motion al Mr. ~arren to~eoncu~ in the Manager's r ecommendation,vas adopted. 2nd - "Zn accordance with approval of City Council,rs have adver- tised for bids on certain curb and gutter work to-be done in the ~esthaven section and these bids were received-and opened at noon Au.g~st 9th, 1948. The~b~ds were tabulated with the following results: City onstructzon Company ~. F. ~gann Company $ 10~540.00 14~025.00 The bid of the City Construction Company being low and well within ~the appropriation as made by City Council, I recommend that this work be~arded to them and that~the Czty ~anager be authorized to sign the contract.~ Motion o f ~¢r. Houghton to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was a doptedo ~ 3rd - ~The City Engineer and the Engineer representing the Penn- sylvania Railroad C~oany have made a survey of the Wesley Street grade crossing and have es- timate~ that the total cost of this work will be approximately ~3,000.00. i recommend that this money be appropriated and that ~nis crossing be const~ucted~ and that the Mayor be au thorized to sign the contract." Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the ~'~nager~s recommendation and to place an appropriation of $3,000.00 for said purpose on its first reading, w as adopted.~ 4th - Motion of Mr. Henderson that the opening of Leckie St. to Pinners Point be referred to the CityManager,vas adopted. 5th - Effectzve August 31st, 1 948, I amd emoting 0.B.Dunn to the ? position of C~otain in the ol~ce Department. EFfective September 1st, I 948, I sm appointing Captain 0.°. D~nn to the position of Ch~ f of Police." 0n motion ordered filed. 6th - "At a special'meetingh eld several weeks ago, w~ch was called for the purpose of discussing unofficially cert~nm atters dealing with bus fares as well as the Kings Daughters Hospital report. C · City o-muczl agreed uno~icially to appropriate the an ount of $21,996.88 to the!Kings Daughters Hospital in payment of emergency treatment to city charit~i cases which had been treated by the Hospital du~ing 19~Vanduntil June 1st, 1948." Motion of Mr. Warren to place an appropriation of ~21,996.88 for said ptuvp_ose, on ids first reading, was adopted. 7th - ~I should like to recommend for you~ consideration, very much needed changes and improvemenzs in the personnel and the conduct o~ ~he Juvenile and Domestic Relations Co'~t. Under the current budget, ~the.sala~y cost of the C~vzl, Polzce, Juv-,