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were present:
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<br />At a regolar meeting of
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<br /> March 14th,
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<br />the City Council, held March~!4th,
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<br />1944, there
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<br /> John P. Leith, Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, Russell M. Hall,
<br /> James N. Howard, ~. R. Hutchins,.Frank D. Lawrence, C. E. Warren,
<br /> Pearle J. Wilson and Arthur $. Owens, City M~nager.
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<br /> Minutes of regular meeting held February 24th were read and apprQved.
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<br />o~ ~ ~v ~-~ .... ~h~m~e~co~sist~n~ o~ M~ss~N~Fo~ and Hall, appointed at the requestl
<br /> ....... ~ -~-~ ~v ~u~ ~z~n ~ne ~uperznzenaen~ or ~ne ~ater Department an th~ ~tv ~-~-
<br />get relative to the possibility o, disposin~ of scram materz~ o~ .~=~ ~o *~ o~= ~ ~ - _1
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<br /> !st That the aale of lana be Iaid on the table. ]
<br /> Motion of Mr. Fox zo concur in the Committee,s reoort, was adopted.
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<br /> 2nd Sale of scrap material - no report from the 0ommittee.
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<br /> Mr. Murden, Superintendent, recommended the sale of material not usable.
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<br /> l~mtion of Mr. Hutchins to instruct the Superintendent to sell such scram
<br />and other material not now in use and whic~h will not be us~ole in the future, was adopted.
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<br /> The 0ommittee consisting of Messrs. Hutchins and Grimes, apoointed at the
<br />request of the City Manager to consid6r the offer of the Portsmouth Gardeus, Inc'., by Mr. Alex
<br />Kessler to settle our claim of $3,~00.O0 for $2,500.00, pay=ble $300.00 at once and $200.00
<br />per month untiz paid Qsaid claim for sewer conne0tzon) reported as follows:
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<br /> "~e feel it fair to accept Mr. Kessler's offer."
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<br />adop ted.
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<br />Motion of M~. Hutchins that we concur in the report of the committee, was
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<br />The following communications from the Gity lf~nager were read~
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<br />1st ~he l~nager presented the followir~ resolution.'
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<br /> "P~SOLVED that the bid proposal of A.S. Aloe Company,
<br />St. Louis, Mo., for items numbered 3 to Y inclusive, 9 to l!
<br />inclusive, Item 13 alternate, 18 t~ 20 inclusive, Item 23, 24
<br />alternate, 25, 26, 2~ alternate ana item 31 be accepted. It
<br />being the lowest bid submitted for these items as outlined in
<br />the specifications prepared by Rudolph, Cooke & Van Leeuwen,
<br />Architects.
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<br /> THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHERRE~OLVED AND RECO~IENDED, That
<br />the contract be awarded to A. S. Aloe Co,many of St. Louis, Mo.,
<br />for the furnishing and delivery of the hereinbefore mentioned
<br />item numbers in the building of the Portsmouth Health Center,
<br />London ~snd Green Sis., Portsmouth, Va., ~nd designated F.~.A.
<br />Project VA 44-31Y.
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<br /> That the sum to be paid to the said A.S. Aloe sh~_l! be
<br />Eight Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and Seventy Cents
<br />being the total cost of
<br /> a=~ the items above mentioned.
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<br />This
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<br /> That the contract be subject to the approval of the Federal
<br />'Works Agency.
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<br /> The resolution passed on February 8th, 1944, fixing the
<br />abo.ve award of $8~7.O0 is hereby rescinde~."
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<br />followir~ vc ~e:
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<br />On motion of Mr. Mutchins, the said resolution was adopted, and by the
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<br /> Ayes: Leith, Fox~ Grimes, Hall, ~' ~ w - -
<br /> howard, .~utchlns, Lawrence,
<br /> Warren, ~ilson
<br /> Nays: None
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<br /> 2nd - "0. L. Clarke hms been appointed, effective March llth, 19~, to
<br />the regular Police for~e for a probationary period of four months, subject to passing the Civil
<br />Service examination.
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<br />On mo~ion ordered filed.
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<br /> 3rd - ~We-have attempted to secure six additional o~os in the City of
<br />Portsmouth. However, I have been aavi~ed by the Office of Defense Transportation that no
<br />ditional cabs wilt be g_smtea. I would like to read the attached letter from the Office of De-
<br />fense Transportation.~
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<br /> On motion ordered filed.
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<br /> 4th - "i am in receipt of the attached letter from Kenneth ~rkwell,
<br />Federal Works Agency, relative to Child Care Center C ~ ·
<br /> onsoructlon, known
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<br />gional Director, Re -
<br /> as
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