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1-7 OCTOBER 23, 1973 TUESDAY ------ The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Francis T. West presiding, was held Tuesday, October 23, 1973, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P. M., all members being present, viz., Francis T. West, Mayor; Harry L. Boaz, Vice Mayor; W. Donald Hartford; William D. Hobson; and Morton W. Lester. --.. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held October 9, 1973. Upon recommendation of the Planning Commission, including the Commission's report that it could not at this time establish a zoning covenant to be included in any required contract, Council unanimously granted permission to the H. C. Wade Sheet Metal Works to connect its property (i.e., business building outside the City's corporate limits) to the City's sewerage system at a point on Cabell Street, on which street this firm has property fronting, pursuant to petitioner's request filed September 11, 1973. .- In connection with the forthcoming 1974 quadrennial reassessment of taxable real estate within the City of Martinsville, Council unanimously nominated Messrs. R. A. Henderson, Jr., J. P. Sutton, and James M. Wilson for membership on the 1974 Board of Assessors, for presentation to the Honorable Frank I. Richardson, Jr., Judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit Court, within whose jurisdiction and by whose order such a board is constituted. City Manager Noland informed Council that two formal conferences, plus several supplemental and informal conversations, have been conducted between the City and the Henry County Public Service Authority on the Authority's request received