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~84 TUESDAY DECEMBER. 16..L 1958 from its intersection with Fairy Street east to Bob Grego~J street in the City of Martinsville, and YnmHKI\S, it will be the responsibility of the City to negotiate for any necessary right-of-way for this project, and VI1-IEREAS, the City of Martinsville does not maintain an organization adequate for acquiring the right-of-way as a part of its normal operating staff needed for seCl1l'ing the right-of-way requ:ired for this project, THEREFOHE, it is resolved at this regular meetinc of Council on December 16, 1958, that lclr. Marvin L. Hill, a qualified attorney-at-law, practicing in the City of Martinsville, is hereby appointed as right-of-way negotiator for the aforementioned project. By a recorded and unanimous vote Council transferred from its General FUIld '8mergency Account the sum of $750.00 with which to purchase food packages as Christmas gifts to be distributed to all City emplo;)rees ac. the forthcoming Christmas season. Council also declared Friday, December 26, 1958 as a holiday for City employees. In response to an inquiry from the 1958 Board of il,ssessors, who advised Council that the Gl1rrent re-appraisal of local ta:x:able real estate is nearly completed, Council established a ratio of fifty (50%) per cent of assessed valuation to appraised valuation of such proporty, effective January 1, 1959. Councilman Brown requested tliat City Manager Hirst present at the first Council meeting in January, 1959, a detailed survey report of City-mmed motorized equipment, including a classification of such vehicles, their aGe and usage and their original cost. C o'JYlc:Ll determined that its next regular meeting "rill be held December 30, 1958 instead of December 23, 1958, as originally schemlled. C ouneil was adjourned. 'i') I " .", '- ,--/ w. H. Yeaman, Clerk of Couri~