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7 MARCH 24, 1970 TUESDAY ,,- a new fire station), subject to the including in said easement such stipulations and reservations as will adequately protect the City's interests. .,.-... Mr. Reginald W. Gravely, of 600 Jefferson Street, appeared before Council and urged that Council take early action toward abating air pollution in the City, citing that the City's garbage dump and several local manufacturing plants are the worst offenders or largest contributors to the problem. Public Works Director George W. Brown reviewed with Council the City's plan to utilize a site (north of the City), recently purchased, for the depositing of refuse in a land-fill type operation, pointing out that the best usage of this new site as well as of future sites for such purpose demand additional personnel and ~pen~e equipment. Mayor Renick commented on the related problem created by the littering of public and private properties, having recently discussed this matter with the Henry County Board of Supervisors, in an effort to develop among the citizens of the City and the County an awareness of the problem and to elicit the cooperation of the citizens toward eliminating the unsightly and unhealthy conditions caused thereby. - Council took no action on the budget requests for 1970-1971, submitted by the various local constitutional officers, in the hope that Council might review these requests at a special meeting and before said requests are to be filed with the State Compensation Board (on April 2, 1970). - Council directed its Clerk to convey, by letter, to the widow and family of the late Rives S. Brown, Jr., an expression of Council's sympathy and