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1E TUESDAY APRIL 12. 1960 used in the pool itself. Council also took under advisement a request from Hr. Edwin G. Penn, on behalf of Zentmeyer Coal & Oil Company, that this firm be relieved of the sewer service charges imposed on the City's utility bill rendered }hrch 1, 1960 against the firm. The basis for }1r. Penn's request ',Jas the claim that, although an unusually large amount of water pass ed through his meter and "lasted tb.crough faulty plumbing, the wasted water did not directly enter the City's sewers. After reviewing a proposal submitted by the directors of the Hartinsville-Henry County Airport Development Corporation on }~rch 22, 1960, and, also, a supplementary report and proposal, Council declined entering into the suggested arrangement iYl vie'-"l of the limitations that might be placed upon future development of the property no'-"l leased the airport group. Instead, Council directed that the City's hangar roof--damaged by heavy snowfalls during the past winter--be repaired at the City's expense and, ~J a recorded and unanimous vote, appropriated the sum of $2,200.00 from the General Fund's Emergency Account to the Duildings-Grounds account for the estimated cost of this repair. -,"'-"" Dl connection with the proposed reconstruction of a portion of Routes 57 and 58, Council agreed to the exchange of property '-"lith Lester LUi'TI.ber Company, Inc., for right-of-v.ray alignment, the City to execute deed for its property to Lester LllJnber Company upon completion of the project. In response to an inquiry from liJr. W. F. Smith, State High\.Jay De~)artment Urban Engineer, Council advised that it will make necessary funds available, as the City's share, for f~Jr-lane construction of Route 58 East, from Bob Gregory Street to the City's east corporate limits, to enable the State Highway Department to iYlclude this section '-"lith the entire reconstruction of Route 58 East. as presently envisioned by the High,tlay Department.