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~80 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1984 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, February 28, 1984, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West. Following the invocation and Mayor Cole's cordial welcome to visitors present, Council unanimously approved--as recorded--the minutes of its special meeting held February 13, 1984, and of its regular meeting held February 14, 1984. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a pro- posal to amend Section 22-87 of the City Code whereby the rates for the use of for-hire cars, as defined therein, would be increased from five dollars ($5.00) to thirty dollars ($30.00) for the first hour, or fraction thereof, and from one dollar ($1.00) to seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) for each succeeding one-quarter hour, or fraction thereof, pursuant to petition requesting these rate changes filed with Council at its regular meeting held February 14, 1984, by Mr. Edwin A. Gendron, Jr., Attorney at Law, for and on behalf of Mr. James Westmoreland, Jr., d/b/a Classic Limousines, Ltd. There being no objections registered by the public to this proposed amendment, Mayor Cole declared the public hearing closed; whereupon motion to accept for introduction an ordinance (No.84-2) to effect these rate changes, duly seconded, and with all members of Council, with the exception of Mayor Cole (who abstained), voting affirmatively on the motion, the ordinance was accepted for introduction and for Council's further consideration of and/or action on at its forthcoming March 13th meeting. The record notes that Mayor Cole was of the ex- pressed opinion that Council should not be involved in such rate-setting matters.