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August 10th, 1948. enite and Domestic Relations Co~t is $23,186,88. The breakdown is as follows: - Judge Oast $ 7,260,00 Foster, Clerk 3,986.88 Hutcheson, Clerk, 2,760.00 Sykes, Clerk 1,920.00 Lecompte, Probation Officer 2,760.00 ~ow~, ~ " 2~760,00 Marks (colored~ " " 1,740.00 I should like to organize and budget the Juvenile and Domestic Re- lations section_of this Court as follows: Judge 0asr $ 3,000o00 New ProBation Officer 3,800.00 ~ ~ (colored) 2,400.00 Sykes, ~ierk 1~920o00 $ 10~920o00 ($600.00 increase in salary) The above wi!lmean a salary budget of $10,920.00. of this amount. following salary expense: The State has agreed to accep~ this budget and will pay one-half Under the new arrangement, the Civil and Polzce~' Court will ~ear the Judge 0asr Foster Hutcheson Le2qmpte $ 4,860.00 3~986.88 2,760.00 2,760.00 2,760.0=_~ $ 17,126.88 The consolidation of the above salaries of both courts makes a total of $28,046.88 of which the State will pay $5,460.00 making a total disbursement of city funds of $22,586.88 er $6~0.00 less than the com,ozned s.ala~.~es zn both c. ourts an your current budget. Under the State s requirements for trazned personnel in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations work, none of the present probation officers cmn qualify and under these circumstances we can ~range to transfer Adelina Marks to recreation work in one of the newly annexed colored areas at a salary of ~150.00 per month (including bonus). The other probation officers can serve as they are doing_at the present in the Police Court. I strongly recc~mend the~ above reorganization because I am s aris- fled that it will reduce the number of juveniles now being brought into co'~t for trial.~ Motion o£ Mr. Stu~tevant t,o concur in the manager's recommendation, was adopted. 8th - ~Attached hereto is a copy ~f the prices furnished by eight manufacturers of fire ~zght~no~ equmpment~cn two 750 gallon pe~ minute fare pumpers. Chzef ykes and I have gone over the speczfzcatzons of tt~ se different makes of equipment and we have decided to recommend that the City of Portsmouth place an order with the Ame~icsm La F~ance Company for these pumpers specifying the 204 horse power mot OrS. ~e favor ~ais equipment for the following re.asons - The Amer-i ican La France pumDe~is mounted en a truck so constructed as to pez~mit the drmver to be in f~ont of the motor which e~ables him to have a clearer vision around corners and the wheelb, aseI is considerably shortene~ due to this improvement which means .that the truck can be tur~ed a much shorter distan.ce than the conventional model: We thimd~ this company has taken a d elan- itc lead in post war zmprovements over othe~ compam.~-es who seem to Be quoting onthe same appar- atus whichwas furnished before the wa~. Most important in ou~ opinioni s the fact that the cities of NorfSlk and' Newport News are users of this equipment almost exclusively and in t alk- lng with officials frcm each of these cities, -i find that they maintain complete repair ahops for their equipment and have assured me that .they are ready and willing to exchange repair parts and other services with us for this ty~e of equipment. The American La France Company manufactures their own motors and unde~ this agreement, spare par~s are always available for equipment of any age." ~otion of M~. ~a~re~n to concur in the Manager's recommendation to $~7chase two 750 gallon p er minute fi~e pumpers from the American La France Company at ,250.00 e~ch, was adopted. - UT~rFiNIShED BUSINESS up: The following ordinance, laid on t able at last meeting, w as taken "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SUBSEC. TION 6 .0FSECTION 4 OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY ~THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH ON JUL][ ~B~ 1926, ~TITLED 'AN ORDINANCE T0R EGLrLATE MOTOR BUS PASSENGF~R TRANS~ PORTATION IN TR.E CI~ Y OF PORTSMOUTH~ AND A~END~S THEREOF. ~ Motion of Mr. ~eiseraan to add am_ emergency clause, making the dinance effective August 16th, 1948, was.a dopted.