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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />DECEMBER 22, 1981
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
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<br />with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, December 22, 1981, in the Council
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<br />Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Barry A.
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<br />Greene, Mayori William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayori L. D. Oakesi Henry C. Reed; and Francis
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<br />T. West.
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<br />After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular
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<br />meeting held December 8, 1981.
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<br />Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on
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<br />recently-proposed amendments to the City Charter, involving changes in--and updating
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<br />of--portions of Chapters 1, 6, and 13 (see copy of public notice and proposed amend-
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<br />ments made a part of these minutes by insert) of said charter. There being no
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<br />objections registered by any citizen to these proposed amendments, Council unanimously
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<br />(by motion, duly seconded) adopted the following resolution requesting the 1982 Session
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<br />of the Virginia General Assembly to enact said amendments and, further, directed City
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<br />Attorney worthy to transmit same to the City's General Assembly representatives for
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<br />presentation to--and enactment by--the 1982 Session:
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<br />WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia (the "City")
<br />has determined that it is in the public interest to amend the provisions
<br />of Chapters 1, 6, and 13 of the City Charter; and
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<br />WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 15.1-835 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA of
<br />1950, and as amended, notice of a public hearing to determine if the
<br />citizens of the City desires that the City Council request the General
<br />Assembly to amend the City Charter was published in the Martinsville
<br />Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation in the City, on December 11,
<br />1981, which date was more than ten days before such public hearing; and
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<br />WHEREAS, such public hearing was held this 22nd day of December, 1981,
<br />and the City Council now desires to request that such amendments to the
<br />City Charter be enacted in the 1982 Session of the General Assembly of
<br />the Commonwealth of Virginia; now, therefore,
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in
<br />regular meeting held this 22nd day of December, 1981, that:
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<br />1. The City Council herey approves the proposed amendments to
<br />Chapters 1, 6, and 13 of the City Charter in the form attached
<br />hereto as Exhibit A and hereby requests that the General Assembly
<br />of the Commonwealth of Virginia amend the existing City Charter
<br />in accordance therewithi
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