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September 12th, !94~.
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<br />reg,!ar meeting o~ tb~ Counei! to beheld on the 26th be postponed until Thursday, the 28th."
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<br /> Motion o~ Mr. Hutchins to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was
<br />adopted.
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<br />City to execute a
<br />property."
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<br />llth - "Please authorize the Manager ~o h~ve the oroper officers o~ the
<br />contract with the U. S. Service O~ganization ~or tbs use o~ the City Market
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<br /> Motion o~ Mr. Hutch~ns to concur in the Manager's request, was adopted, and
<br />by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Howard, .Hutchins, Sturtevant, Warren~ Weisem~u,
<br /> Wilson
<br />Nays; None
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<br /> 12th "The Hon. Judge Lawrence W. I~Anson has written me that the State
<br />Compensat~ion Board is willing to approve a salary of $100.00 per month ~or a Jail Physician,
<br />with the State paying two-thirds and the City o ne-third.
<br /> The Judge advises me that he can secure-someone to ~i!! the posi~
<br />tion, provided it meets with the Council's approval. I am therefore recommendin~ that the
<br />~ollowing resolution be adopted:
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<br />"WHEREAS, it is necessary that there be provided a
<br />plUysician ~or ~he City Jail, and ·
<br /> WHEREAS, the ~tate Compensation Board has agreed to
<br />a salary ce $180.00 per month ~or this care and this
<br />has met with the approval o~ the Judge o~ the Hustings
<br />Court,
<br /> THEREFO.ME, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City
<br />ce Portsmouth authorize th~ ~lty Manager to place on the
<br />payroll a physician at a salary no% to exceed $100.O0 per
<br />month~ provided this is ~Oproved by the State Compensation
<br />Board and the State ce Virginia pays two-thirds o~ the eal~ry."
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<br />On motion o~ Mr~ Howard, the said resolution was adopted.
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<br /> 13th - "During the past three months, a careful study has been made by com-
<br />petent engineers from the Virginia Electric & Power Compemy, in conjunction with our Electri -
<br />oal Superintendent toward improving lighting conditions in the City.
<br /> It appears inoonsisten~ to improve lights spasmodically; therefore
<br />give streets have been recommended ~or improvements.
<br /> This could wai~ until the coming year; however, we are anxious to
<br />start this b e*ore the ~nter season and I would like your concurrence i n my recommendation to
<br />immediately start this improvement.~
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<br /> Motion o ~ Mr. Grimes to concur in the Manager,s recommendation, was adopted.
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<br /> l~th - ~Within the past two weeks, w e have had three o~ o ur projects denie~
<br />in Washington. ~ne ~irst, our Project VA 44-396~ is the water line between L~e Cahoon and Lake,
<br />Kilby, on which the Federal Governmen~ has advised me that if water is scarce, we could ration
<br />it. Evidently, whoever made the decision was not aware ~hat the Noreolk Navy Yard is in Ports-
<br />mouth.
<br /> Division C of our Project VA ~4-!4!, which is a portion o~ sewers
<br />within the City, has been denied, due to someone in Washington deciding that the sewerage dis-
<br />charge in the City o~ Portsmouth and around the Naval Hospital is not as dangerous as at the
<br />Army Base in Nor~olk or the north shore o~ Hampton Roads. Obviously, there is no ~oundation
<br />for this decision.
<br /> The third, VA 44-399, is our Sewer Project in conjunction with the
<br />action of the Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission under th~ r Project VA 44-308. The U.S. Pub-
<br />lic Health Service has taken the attitude tha~ our lines are not dangerous nor important.
<br /> ! would reepecteully seek your permission ~or the Water Superinten-
<br />dent, City Engineer and the C~hairman o~ the Council ~o attend with me, a conference in Washiag-
<br />ton~ on Thursday, with our Congressman end Baird Snyder, Assistant Administrator o~ the Federal
<br />Wor~s Agency.'~
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<br />Mo~ion of Mr. Warren to concur in the Manager's reco~tmendation, was adopted.
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<br /> 15th -. "The Federal Works Agency is offering the City $27,000. toward the
<br />construction o~ ~wo com~ort stations, ~rovided the City will furnish ~he necessary site.
<br /> It is my recommendation that the offer of the Federal Government,
<br />known as VA 44-412~ be accepted and proper o~ficers o~ the City be authorized to accept the
<br />Government's o~fer and that ~he attached resolution be adopted.~
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<br />Re solution
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<br /> ~HEREAS, there has been filed with the Federal Works
<br />Agency in behalf ce the City of Portsmouth, Virginia
<br />~herein called the "Owner"), an application for ~ederal
<br />assistance under the War Public Works program, and the
<br />UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting by and through the Fed-
<br />eral Works'Admiyistra~or, has transmitted to the owner
<br />an Offer of Federal assistance in connection with the
<br />public works referred to in said application and described
<br />in said O~fer; and
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