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'! . ~~ t-... TUESDAY DECEMBER 12, 1972 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Francis T. West presiding, was held on Tuesday, December 12, 1972, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. Members present were Mayor West, Vice Mayor H. L. Boaz, W. Donald Hartford, William D. Hobson and Mor~on W. Lester. Following the invocation, Mayor West explained that before the actual beginning of the Council meeting it was necessary to carry out certain technicalities pursuant to the naming, on September 26, 1972, of the seven members of the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Martinsville. Upon lea~ng that the State Code requires that the seven members to comprise the Board of Directors must serve staggered terms, on motion made by Mr. Boaz, seconded by Mr. Hartford and carried unanimously, Council designated terms of the seven Directors as follows: Mr. S. Sutton Flythe, Jr. Four Years Mr. Irving M. Groves, Jr. Three Years Mr. Victor A. Lester Three Years Mr. Randolph Isley Two Years Mr. G. S. Fitz-Hugh Two Years Mr. Joseph W. Pritchett One Year Mr. Thomas J. Burch One Year All seven members of the Authority being present, Mayor West suggested that the members retire to an adjacent room, in company with the City Attorney, for the purposes of organizing. Shortly thereafter, the members returned to the Council Chamber and reported that the group had chosen as its Chairman Mr. Irving M. Groves, Jr., as its Vice-Chairman Mr. Randolph Isley, and that the group is appointing City Manager Noland as Secretary and City Treasurer Jack Bouldin to serve as Treasurer, after which the City Attorney declared the Authority to have been legally constituted in conformity with State law, with the stipulation that the staggered terms just designated would be retroactive to September 26, 1972, the date of their actual appointment by Council.