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present~ At a regular meeting of the Oity Council held on May 9th, 1944, there were! Leslie~To Fox, George L.Grimee, Russell M. Hail, Ja~e~N. Howard, W. R. Hut~hlns, Frank D. Lawrence, C. E. Warren, Arthur S.Owens,City Manager~ dent pro-tom. The President and Vice President being absent, Mr. Fex was elected Presi- O~mmlttee Report - "We, you~ Cemmittee appointed to consider the matter of disposing cf a part of the GlensheallahGolf Course, beg to advlse~that we do not feel that it is ~ the best interest of Portsmouth that any part of this property be sold at the present time. Yours truly, adopted. Leslie T. Fox J. N. Howard F.D. Lawrence - Notion of Mr. G~imes to concur in the Committee." report of the Committee, was The following communications from the City Manager were read: let - The Manager presented the contract between the County of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and Virginia Smelting Company, in reference to furnishing water to West Nor- folk. I Motion o f Mr. Hutchins that proper officers be authorized to sign said I contract, was adopted. 2nd - "The Honorable Mayor appointed a representative of this body to ~ assist the Housing Authority in the orderly demolition of housing. It may be necessary to have! available funds. I am therefore requesting that $100.00 be appropriated for this' committee." ate $100.00 for Motion of Mr. Grimes to concur in the Manager's request and to appropri- said purpose, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes~ Fox, Grimes, Hall, Na~s: None Howard, Hutehins, Lawrence, Warren 3rd - "C~ot. O.B. Dunn of the Police Department was injured in an auto- mobile accident some time ago and it has been necessary to have special treatment of his inJu- riese The eXPenses to the present time exceed what is comfortably in the budget. Therefore, I am requesting a special appropriation of $350.00." Motion of Mr. Hutchins to concur in the Manager's request and to appro- priate $350.00 for said purpose, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Fox, Grimes, Hall, Howard, Hutchins, Lawrence, Warren Nays: None 4th - "I am in receipt of the following letter from the Federal Works Agency, relative to our toques% for an additional pumper: for bids a~opted. 'We have received telegraphic a~vlce that the Central Office has ~Dprsved your request that one additional yS0 gallon pumper be approved for purchase from funds allotted tc this project. It will be necessary that regular procedure be followed in the ac~uisition of this~equipment. You should, therefore, submit.to us two sets of the specifications on which you will receive blds. Upon approval of these specifications, you will be authorized tc advertise for bids.' Please authorize the City Manager to advertise after &oecifications have been approved by the Federal Works Agency." Motion of Mr. Hutchins to concur in the Manager's recemme~lation, was 5th - "The need for detention homes for children appears to be more pressing, and we would appreciate authority to make a study of t~he needs in this community for a detention home for both whiteand colored juveniles. After establishing then~mber of cases, cost and other pertinent data, I will report back to t~he Council for further action." On motion ordered filed. · 6th- "We aretnreceip~ cf an offer fro~ theFederatWorks~A~ency on Project VA ~u%.M-68~for Police Officers to assist us.in-necessary ~k for the year-1944, in the sum of $13,300.00. Please authorize the adoption of the attached resolution.#