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~2 TUESDAY JULY 12, 1977 Councilman Greene reiterating and supporting his disagreement with the recommendation, as he did in 1974 on the same proposal. Councilman West offered the substitute motion, seconded by Councilman Oakes, that Council accept the Electoral Board's recommendation to consolidate the two precincts, on which motion Councilmen West and Oakes voted in the affirmative and Mayor Hobson, Vice-Mayor Cole and Councilman Greene voting in the negative; thus, the substitute motion failed to carry. * (see addendum below) ,,- Council set the date of July 18th for its 1977 tour and review of petitions for the construction of curb-and-gutter and/or sidewalk, adding to this list of petitions a request for curb-and-gutter along Ailcie Street, just received. Council acknowledged receipt of a report from the State Department of Education, in which (report) a representative thereof informed Council and the City School Board that two of the City's fleet of school buses do not meet the standards and specifications required by the State for school buses. Council was also informed that its fleet of public transportation buses, recently taken out of service because of the discontinuance of public transportation within the City, can not be feasibly adapted to student transportation requirements nor qualify for State aid. Upon recommendation by the School and City administrative staffs that Council - authorize the purchase of one or two school buses to help meet the unknown-but- anticipated free-pupil-transportation needs to be inaugurated with the beginning of the 1977-78 school year, Council unanimously authorized the purchase of one such bus, the cost of which is to be funded (in part) from the City's share of the proceeds from the proposed sale of its public transit buses and from Revenue-Sharing surplus. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * ADDENDUM (per Council's direction from meeting of 07-26-77) = During discussion of Electoral Board's recommendation (that foregoing precincts be consolidated, City Attorney Worthy verbally expressed opinion that U. S. Department of Justice would not approve the proposed consolidation for the reasons that it did not approve similar proposal in 1974.