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adopt ed.
<br />Council
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<br />Motion of Er. ~lson to concur in the ~anager's recommendation,was
<br />
<br /> ltth - "With the coming of Spring, let me again L~.press upon the
<br /> the wisdom and i~portance of creating a mosquito control Commission.
<br /> If you gentlemen will agree to create a commission, it
<br />would give to the City. one-fourth more in money thau w e now spend for the same thing without
<br />calling it a commission."
<br />
<br /> Motion of ~-r.~eise-man to conc~ in the Manager's reco~2nendation, wa.,
<br />
<br />adopted~
<br />
<br /> l~th - ~'The Foldaway Stairway Company would like to rent a portion
<br />of the buildim~ now occupied by the Boys Club and I am reconzaending that we authorize them to
<br />use it at a rental o£ $50~00 a month, subject to a recapture clause, on t~_~rty days' notice.~
<br />
<br /> Motiono f ~.r. ~eise~nan to concu~ in t~he ~anager~s recommendation,
<br />was zdopted.
<br />
<br /> . 15th'- "Marshall ~. Butt~, Chairman, Portsmouth World War #2 History
<br />Committee, h~s p~esented a meport of the Committee s activities from April 1st, 19~6 through
<br />De~ember 31st,1946."
<br />
<br />On motzo~ ordered filed.
<br />
<br /> 16th - "In order to more efficiently handle oua~ affairs ~ d to
<br />give better serVice to our citizens~ I would appreciate the follovrlng ordinance being placed
<br />on its first ,reading:
<br /> "AN 0PD~'.~ANCE RELATING TO PA_wt"~NT OF ~0~[EY COLLECTED
<br /> BY CiTY OFFICES AND ~PLOYEES~
<br />
<br />was adopted.
<br />
<br />table at last meeting,
<br />
<br />Eotion o f Mr. ~eiseman to place said ordinance on its first reading
<br />
<br /> An appropriation o f $24,561.7~ for K_ngs Daughters Hospital, laid
<br />was taken up.
<br />
<br /> Motion o f Mr. Lawrence to ~opropriate ~2~561.74 for said purpose,
<br />adopted and by the following vote:
<br />
<br /> Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Headerson, Howard, Lawrence, Stumtevant,
<br /> wa~ren~ weisemsn, ~ilson
<br /> Nays: None
<br />
<br /> An app,ropriation of $~,000%00 for d~ainneam 0~c Grove Cemetery,
<br />laid on t able at last meetihE~i~S ~sd~eh' ~.~
<br /> -~fobi0h o~ }~I~:' H~nderson to appropriate ~l,000'~00 for said purpose,
<br />was adopted and by the foll0wk~E~
<br />
<br /> Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Lawrence, St~tevsa~-t,
<br /> ¥~arren, ~eisems~u, ~i!son
<br /> Nays: None
<br />
<br /> The follov~._ng c0mraunication from the Cindy Manager, laid over from
<br />last meeting, was taken ~p smd read:
<br />
<br /> '~/ou authorized me, at our meeting on December 10th, to borrow
<br />$100,000.00 and place in the Sewer Project VA 44-141, in o~dem that we could secure the b~lanc~
<br />of our funds from the Federal Government, ~hich ~ount is no~w approximately $130,O00o00o
<br /> In order to arz~m_ge completion o f the financing of the constr~ctio~
<br />of our sewage disposal plant, I would like to-have tkis authorization increased from $100,000.
<br />to $800,000.00, making a net increase of ~700,000.00. A_~angements have be~n made v~lth the
<br />local bsmks, which should be commended for their excellent spirit of co-operation in makin~
<br />this loan which will save ou~ citizens in excess of $550,000.00 in financing charge alone.
<br /> ObViously, the City will only make these loses as called upon du~-
<br /> ing the construction of o~3r plant."
<br />
<br /> Motion of Nr. Howamd that an sppropriation of $700~O00.00 for said
<br />p~ose, be placed on its first reading, was adopted.
<br /> An appropriation ~T ~20,000,00 for Water, Streets, Sewers s2ad othe~
<br /> costs in North Truxton, laid on table at last m~ eting, was taken up,
<br />
<br /> Motion of ~'~. Lawrence to appropriate $20,000.00 fo~ said purpose,
<br />was adopted and by the following vote:
<br />
<br /> Ayes: Fox, GrL~es, Henderson, Ho-~d, Lavr~ence, ~tu~tevant,
<br /> W~ren, Weisem~, ~i!son
<br /> Nays :None
<br />
<br /> ~ne following ordinsaice, laid on table at last meeting, was
<br />
<br />up:
<br />
<br />"AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING F~S Ai~MD CI~%RGES FOR
<br />WORK IN THE CEI~T~,F~S"
<br />
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