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),.1 >I oj: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1983 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 8, 1983, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members (with the exception of Councilman Francis T. West, who was away from the city) being present, as follows: William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; and Eliza H. Severt. After the invocation, Council recognized Police Chief Terry L. Roop who, on behalf of the City's Police Department, presented a plaque to Mr. H. L. Taylor, Jr., owner-operator of Taylor's Supermarket at Clearview Drive and Northside Drive, in recognition of Mr. Taylor's having been selected by the Police Department as the City's "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" for 1982 and in appreciation of his active support of the Police Department and the community. Chief Roop noted that Mr. Taylor is the first recipient of such an award in a program recently developed by the Police Department for annual recognition of outstanding citizens. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held January 25, 1983, and of its special meeting held January 31, 1983. Council accepted with appreciation the 1982 annual report of the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission (Mr. Oakley H. Fitzgerald, Chairman), describing the activities of the Commission during 1982 toward providing improved vehicular and pedestrian safety on and along City streets, to which report was attached a graph setting forth the numbers of "driving-under-the-influence" arrests, traffic arrests (including drunk drivers), and accidents recorded by the City's Police Department over the past eighteen years~