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<br />J15 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1985 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Upon motion by Councilman Williams, seconded by Vice-Mayor Severt, and <br /> <br />unanimously carried, <br /> <br />Council authorized a donation of $10,000, as <br /> <br />requested by the Martinsville and Henry County War Memorial Committee <br /> <br />I <br />(represented by Messrs. Sammy Redd and Erwin Katz), for the construction <br /> <br />of a war memorial in front of the Henry County Courthouse, noting that the <br /> <br />appropriation <br /> <br />would <br /> <br />be confirmed at a public hearing of <br /> <br />budget <br /> <br />appropriations on July 23. <br /> <br />Upon motion by Councilman Oakes, seconded by Councilman Groden, and <br /> <br />unanimously carried, Council authorized the City Administration to file an <br /> <br />application with the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles for a Highway <br /> <br />Safety Grant of $16,000 to provide computer hardware-software for use in <br /> <br />updating traffic records in the Police Department. <br /> <br />Upon motion by Councilman Oakes, seconded by Vice-Mayor Severt, and <br /> <br />unanimously carried, Council accepted, on first reading, Ordinance No. <br /> <br />85-8 to amend Article II, Division 1, Section 22-24 of the City Code <br /> <br />relating to minimum liability insurance required for taxicabs or for-hire <br /> <br />vehicles in the City. Mr. Lee Smith, representing Yellow Cab Company, <br /> <br />noted that the present ~equirements of the City exceed the present <br /> <br />requirements of the State as to the amount of liability insurance required <br /> <br />and that a reduction in the City's requirements to parallel the State's <br /> <br />would mean a substantial savings to the cab owners and operators in the <br /> <br />Ci t Y . <br />