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\0 I { ).l TUESDAY APRIL 9. 1968 In connection therewith, Mr. Thomas O. Pugh, of the Retail Merchants Association, reiterated the Association's opposition to any increase in the rate imposed on local merchants' gross receipts for license taxes and, furthermore, relayed the Association's understanding that license taxes on retail merchants are to be reduced in stages until completely eliminated. Mr. Douglas Frith, Attorney at Law and Counsel for some members of the local medical and dental societies, requested a hearing before City Council prior to Council's decision on the Tax Study Committee's recommendations. Meanwhile, Mr. Frith and members of these societies claimed that a disproportionate share of the license tax burden is being carried by members of the medical and dental professions. Mr. Henry C. Reed, Chairman of the City School Board, and Mr. John D. Richmond, Superintendent of the local Public School System, appeared before Council and presented the Board's plans for operating the local public school system in 1968-69 as well as their proposed 1968-69 budget therefor, including a revised teacher pay scale and a proposed group hospitalization insurance program for teachers and other school personnel. Estimated expenditures in the proposed School budget for 1968-69 are $188,693.00 in excess of the 1967-68 budget, to be partially off-set by $66,000.00 in increased aid from the State of Virginia and other sources. The School Board also indicated that $62,000.00 is expected to be realized by the City in increased sales tax revenue. After expressing appreciation to the School Board and its administrative staff and teaching personnel, Council went on record as approving the revised salary scale for teachers, as recommended by the School Board, for inclusion in the School Board's 1968-69 budget.