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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on October 14th, 1958, there were present
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<br />B.W. Baker, A.C. Bartlett, W.R. Breedlove, R. Bo Seward, R. Irvine Smith,
<br />·George R. Walker, H. Earl~eiseman, A.P. Johnson,Jr~, City Manager, and
<br />J.S.Livesay, City Attorney.
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<br />The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Bartlett.
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<br /> Minutes of regular meeting of September 30th, 1958 and called meeting of October 7th,
<br />1958, were read and approved.
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<br />The following reports from the City Manager were readg
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<br /> 58-309 - "The Portsmouth Area Council of Garden Clubs has requested the privilege of the
<br />fl~oor with reference no the employment by the City of a horticulturist.
<br /> I wish to advise the Council that there are no funds available in the current
<br />budget for the creation o£ this position. I do recommend that the privilege of the floor be granted."
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<br /> On motion of Mt. Smith, the privilege of the floor was granted any interested persons who
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<br />wished to s~peak.
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<br />The following spoke, supporting the request for a horticulturist for the City:
<br />Mrs. Roderick Triplett, Mrs. Clyde Rawls and Mrs. Ralph Stokes
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Smith that the matter be referred to the Mayor and City Manager for consi-
<br />deration, was adopted.
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<br /> 58-310 - "I have investigated the complaint from the Norfolk County Board of Supervisors
<br />concerning fire at the City dump on Route #58.
<br /> The Department of Public Works advises me that it has been their policy to bun
<br />and dispose of tree limbs, shrubber, logs and stumps on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but on no occasion are fires
<br />lighted or increased when the wind is in a northerly tangent.
<br /> There is located in this general area another dump which is used for the dis -
<br />posal of trash and garbage of Norfolk County citizens. They also have fires burning on this dump at times. I hay,
<br />requested the Public Works Department To keep these fires to s minimum and in no case burn when the wind is blow.
<br />lng in a northerly direction."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. walker that the City Manager's recommendation be received and that this in-
<br />formation be forwarded to the Norfolk County Board of Supervisors was adopted.
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<br /> 58-311 - "I am submitting a letter from ~t~e Planning Commission regarding recommendation
<br />made concerning the Federal Interstate Route No. 64 from Bowers Hill to the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge Tunnel. Thi
<br />was submitted at a previous mee~in~ but the Council did no~ ~ake any action.
<br /> I recommend that the Council consider these recommendations from the Planning
<br />Commission and refer them ~o t~e City ~Mana get in order that they may be submitted to the State Highway Depart -
<br />merit for consideration."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Weiaeman that the Council concur in the Manager's recommendatiomand that
<br />th~se recommendations be submitted through ~he City Manager to the Highway Department, was adopted, and by the
<br />following vote:
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<br /> Ayes: Baker, Bartlett, Seward, Smith, Weiseman
<br /> Nays: Breedlov% Walker
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<br /> 58-312 - "I am submitting the attached ordinance to change the flow of traffic on Colum
<br />bia Street between Crawford and Cou~t Streets. At the present time Columbia Street is one-way going west. This
<br />has created a problem in the vicinity of the market. Dnder the present conditions, the market can not be
<br />reached from any direction other than Crawford Street. I recommend that this ordinance be placed on first readin
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<br /> Mot~O~ of Mr. Breedlove to suspend the rules t o hear from interested persons,was adopted.
<br /> Mr~ L.B. Parks spoke in favor of the ordinance.
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<br /> On mdt ion of Mr. WeiSeman, the following ordinance was placed on first reading:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 30-142.4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />1951, qtELATING TO ONE-wAY TRAFFIC ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF COLUMBIA STREET"
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<br /> 58-313 - "t recommend that an appropriation in the'amount of $7,000.00 be placed on
<br />first reading. This is necessary to pay the Court reporters in the recent annexation case of the City of Ports -
<br />mouth vs. Norfolk County and also to pay ~he engineering firm of Hayes, Seay,.Mattern and Mattern, Consulting
<br />Engineers in the recent annexation case."
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<br /> ~On motion Of Mr. Bartlett, an appropriati~a of $7,000.00 for said purpose was placed on
<br />~first reading.
<br /> 58-314 - "I am submitting herewith a copy of the Supplemental report on real estate and
<br /> personal property taxes by the firm of F.B. Hill and Company, auditors, This is a supplement to the 1957-58
<br /> audit."
<br /> Motion of ~r; Weiseman that the report'be received and accorded the Council's attention,
<br /> was adopted.
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<br /> 58-315 - "It is in order at this time to hear from the City Attorney concerning autho-
<br />rization to sign an agreement with the Community Motor Bus Company for the payment of current and delinquent
<br />franchise taxes due the City."
<br /> "Pursuant to your instructions, smit was brought against Community Motor Bus
<br /> Company tocollect delinquent gross receipts taxes, but these proceedings have not as yet been concluded.
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