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December 26th, 79_3=3. At a regu!~r meeting of the City Oouncil held December 26th, 1933, at 8:00 PoM. there were present: , adopted. Vernon A. Brooks, Leslie T. Fox, W.R. Hutcn~ns,' ' Arth,3~r Mayo, S.B. Moore JoAlden Oast, Archibald Ogg, City Manager. Minutes of regular meeting held December 12th, were read and approved. The following communications from the City Manager were read: 1st - "As requested by you, I have handled with the School Board, the question of hca%lng plants and modern toilet facilities in the Green St. Cooke St. and I.O. Norcum schools rrangemen~s have been made for modernising and repairing the toilets, through the Civil Works Administration, and I have agreed with the School Board that modern heating plants should be installed in the Green St. and Cooke St. schools. The School Board has had plans and specifications prepared for these heat- ing plants and have secured bids for doing the work. The bids indicate that the work can be done for approximately $15,000.00. In view of the need for these heati.ng plants, I recommend that they be installed and that School bonds be issued by the City not to exceed $15,000.00 to cover the cost. In order that this may be done, I submit herewith an ordinance, the ~doption of which is recommended, entitied: ~AN ORDINANOE AUTHORIXING THE ISSUANCE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF .BONDS OF THE CITY ~F wINIA, TO BE KNOWN AS oOHOOL BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF I~PROVING SCHOOL HOUSES AND OTHER SCHOOL PURPOSES, N~AKING PROVISION FOR THE FORN OF SAID BONDS AND FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF., ~ Proceeds x~om these?bonds ~re to be used in paying fo~ the heating plants to be ~stalled in ~ne Green St. and-Oooze St. schools, with the understanding that these plants will not cost the City more than $15,000,00. The School Board h~s agreed to assume any cost of installation of these plants in excess ~f $15,000.00." was adopted. Motion of Mr. Hutchins to place the recommended ordinance on its first reading, 2nd - "AS previously advised you, the old Arm istaad ~aildin~ and ~ablic Library in the rear of the Municipal Building and the colored quarters at the City Home are being re- constructed with funds supplied by the Civil Works Administration. In order that this work could be done as a Civil ~orks project, and thereby provide at this time some much needed work for the unemployed, the City is re~c~ired to furnish certain materials and other items in coranection with this work. A g~od part of the ma- terials and other costs to be borne by the Oity are to be provided through the 1935 budget and materials salvaged from other buildings. There is not sufficient in the 1934 budget to provide heating plants for these buildings, and as previously discussed with you, I recommend that the City issue bonds in the amount of $6,000 .00 and the proceeds from these bonds used to pay for the heating plants and other materials for these buildings, which can not be furaished through the 1935 b~dget. In order that this may be done, I submit herewith an ordinance, entitled, ~N ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SIX THOU- SAND DOLLARS OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VLRGINIA, TO BE KNOWN AS ~%~PROVE~SENT BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IN- STALLING HEATING SYSTENS IN AND IMPROVING CERTAIN PUBLIO BUILDI~GS, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE FOKE OF SAID BONDS Ak~ FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF.' ' This ordinance was drawn by the Oity Attorney., Notion of Mr. B~ooks to place the recommended ordinance on its first reading, was The following letter from the City Attorney was readi "At your meeting held on November 28th, 1933, you referred to me a letter from the Oity Oollector requesting that taxes for the year 1932 amounting to $2.65 assessed against the building 943 Lincoln Street in the name of B.A. Nemo be relieved. Mr~ Parker was of the opinion that the building had been wrecked in 1931. I find the permit from the building insoec- tot for wrecking the building was issued on October 22, 1932. One of the neighbors stated t~e building had been removed a little over one year ago. m~ith these facts, I ca~ not recommend the relief of the tax. In the event Mr. Nemo can prove that the building was wrecked in 1931 the Uity Mauager and myself can handle the matter under the recent resolution of the City 0ouncil." ~otion cf Er. Fox to concur in the Attorney's recommendation, was adopted. - UNFINISHED BUSINESS - and read: The following ordinance placed on its firsz reading December 12th, was taken up 'AN ORDINANOE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND AND FIVE ~JNDRED DOL?~ARS OF REFUNDinG BONDS OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VLRGINIA, MAKING PROVISION FOR THE FORE OF SAID BONDS, AND FOR rHE pEYNENT ~HEREOF~, On motion, the said ordinance was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Mayo, Moore, Oast Ogg - Nays: None.