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On motion of Mr. Brooks, the ordinance was placed on its first reading. llth. Recommendation that Police Officer R. T. Heath be retired at 6~ of his Present pmy. whfoh~wlll be $~3.75 per 'month. enclosing report of the Director of P~c ~elf~e on his physicml oon~ion. On motion~ the reoo~endm~ion was referre~ to Fi~e Oo~ittee. '12th. Recommended m~ption of the fo~owing or~nce: "An Ore,nee ~en~ng mhd Re~or~i~ Oertmin Sections of Chmpter 21 of City Code ms A~pte~ by the Co,oil of the Oity of Ports~uth, J~e 17~h, On motion, the ordi~oe wms pl~e~ on its first rem~. 13~h. ~In r~ly to i~t=uotio~ given me by the Go,oil mt its lmst meeti~ to report on the q~stion of possible modificmtions of the ~rket mhd oo~truction of m new stmble mhd for Gr~es Bmt~ery mt some ether s~tmble site in the City, I beg to report ms follows: In my prolixly r~or~ to the Ohair~n of the Fiance Cool,tee on t~s ~mtter, it wms tho~ht t~t m'suitmble ~mory could be ~nst=~ted mt m oomp~mtively ~mll fig~e,-bu~con- sidering the ~e%~rements of the Federml muthorities ms to room, it is now fo~d t~t a new stmble, ~n room, stye room, mSse~lv room. looker room, with the necess~y pl~bing, hemt ~ lighting will cost pro~ly $30,~0 te $35,000, ~ss~i~ thmt these struc~res co~be erected.on m portion of the site which the City now proposes to moq~re in the vici~ of the inoinermtor. If a new site is purohmse~ espeoimlly for the Battery, this cost will probmbly be lnoremsed to $35,000 or $~,000. An exoe!len~ mu~to=i~ semti~ from 1,000 to 1,200 wi~h proper main mhd emergency exits, modern liE~ti~, stmge a~d ~ess~_~o~?~, SUl~l~_~S~ co~ be put on .the secon~ floo~ Of the presen~.A~mo~y for ~oout $~,OOO,~s~_~ oo~ ~ the ~ ~oom, ~mory, etc. ~ $35,000, t~s would in, lye m total curls2 of $~,000. With this ~rmng~ent, how~v~, l~ would be ~possible to omit the muditori~ in the new ~ket mhd to t=mnsfer the heating mhd re~igermting pl%nt from the ~w m~ket buil~l~ to the old m~ket buil~, res~ting In ~0ss sm~ ok $35,000- ~e ~t cos% therefore, of provi~ng ~ new mrmory, stmbles, etc.. would b e $7,000.00. ~e mb~em~ of the old ~mo~y by G~lmes Bmtte=y, In md~tlon to p~ovl~ng room. o~ the firs~ floc2 fo= the hemting ~d =efrige=mti~ plant would give ~moe for fo~ ,e!lem~ in the stores, ~s well ms m ge~erml store =eom for the use of the Ies~es ~ew ~=ket. I~believe ~hese stores Would rent fo= $100.00 emoh per month o~ per provided host, li~, mhd =ef~E~i~ were f~shed, which could be ~ne from the proposed central ptmnt, so fmr as hemting and ~e~ige=a~$ m=e co,ce=ned. Thi~. $~,~90 ompitsltzed at $ would represent mn investment of $80,000. It ~he=e~o=e mppem~s m~m mne p=op~ition would be m pmying o~e fl~i~ly, pro~ my esti~te of the p=ospecti~ rent fo~ the stores is remso~blN mcc~ste. I t~efo=e ~eoo~end i~s mdoptlon. If the Oo~oil does ~t om=e to me,fy the plmns ms to the new m~ket ~d deems it best fo= Grimes Battery to continue to occ~y the present buildi~, I believe it eSsmntimt m site fo~ a state be seo~ed ~emso~bly n~r the p=esen~ ~mo~y building ~nd rafter c~ef~l consi$~mtion believe it would be best to ~y the ~p~ese~~ stable site and the property m from~mge of ~3 ~t. i~edimtely_emst of it ms well ms the =e~ portion of m lot fronti~g~ Midge St. belching ~o the B~m esta~e.~ The mssessed val~tion of this p~operty is ~pproxi~te- ly $,500. I~ would give m lot With a f~ge of 50 f~. mhd m d~tSh of 1~3 f~ Thi~ would pe~it the~const=uction of ~ stmble 31 ft. x 110 ft. and wo~d lemve emou~b~oom fo= ligh~ _ mhd mi= pmssmg~s on emch side of lt.~ ~ite this lot would cost somewhat mo~. thmm o~he2s fo=ed t0 the Omty, I blieve it offe~s the best solution of the p~oblem, ~1 things conSid~ed, ~hmt c~ be found, in o~se ~he ~mo~y Is ~tmined iD its present Ioc~tio~. If We ~Ss~ t~t mssessed vmlue is 7~ ~f the ~e~l~e, ~e p~operty should be sec~ed fo= ~boU~ ~,~0." On motion of ~. ~ite, the ~epo=t wms =ere=red to the Fiance Co~ittee for a en the s~e mt the n~t =e~lar meeti~ of Co~cil, mhd by the followi~ Ayes-- Brooks, Hutohins, Omst, ~ith, Stewm~t, ~lte, l~th. Reoo~e~tion t~t.bmck bills of the Fire Depm=tment, to ~o~t of $~73.88, be p~id. Om motion, the =eoo~tion wms =efe=~ed to the Fine'ce Cool,tee. 15th. The Mmnmge= ~otified the Co,oil of the demth of ~jo= J. E. ~. W~ight~, J~tioe of the Pemoe f~om ~sh~l W~d. UNFINI S~D BUSI~SS ~e ~eg~a= reports of the City Trems~e~, Oily Collector, and Oi~y Au~tor fo~ the month of N~ch, 1923, we=e~p=esented mhd were =ere=red to the Fiance Go~lttee, As t~=~ted by the Co,oil, the Oi~y Atto=~y presented the followi~ ordi~nce: An O~e ~mnging the N~e of P~oh~=ee Street te O~den Avenue. ~ On motfon of ~. Brooks, the o=~e wms plmoed o~ its first =em~ng. Next, ~e eleetio~ of me~e~s fo= the School Boa~d whose te~ms expired Ap=il lsd, wms tmke~ ~ ~ T~ followi~ were placed in nominmtio~ fo= ~e ~=ious Dtst=iot~to se=ye fo= the te=~ ~e~ First District: R, S. ~=s~ll, o~e.y~; ~$- Germ S. D~den. tVo. y~s~ T, hews, th=e~ years. Seoomd District. ~. R. ~M~e~ee, two ye~s; ~ird Dtsmrmc~. n.m. ~ , n~ v~r: Albert L~ssite~. t~ee ye~s.