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""".. r~) : ,.) r TUESDAY MAY 12, 1981 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, May 12, 1981, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Barry A. Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, and on behalf of Council and the City Government, Mayor Greene presented tokens of recognition and appreciation, for their faithful service to the City, to the following recently-retired employees: Samuel Gray Ingram, a member of the Fire Department from March 3, 1958, who retired with the rank of Fire Captain I on March 31, 1981; Bernard B. Turner, a member of the Public Works Department from June 2, 1963, who retired on March 31, 1981 as Senior Equipment Operator at the City's Sanitary Landfill; and Benjamin D. Pinkard, Sr., a member of the Public Works Department since April 1, 1939 (having served two years and three months in the armed forces during World War II), who retired as General Superintendent of Public Works Operations on February 28, 1981. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its meetings held April 14, 1981, April 20, 1981, and May 5, 1981. Mr. Frank Dubar, of R. W. Beck & Associates (the consulting engineers to the City for the proposed Ridgeway Hydro-Electric Project), presented to Council this firm's final report on Phase II-B of said proposed project as well as a status report on Phase III-A of said project. The Phase II-B report consisted of an up-dated evaluation of the feasibility and construction cost of the project which Mr. Dubar termed as the "backbone" of the Phase III-A license application before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, whose processing