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<br />January 13, 2009
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<br />The regular meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was
<br />held on January 13, 2009, in Council Chambers, Municipal Building, at 7:30 PM,
<br />with Mayor Kathy Lawson presiding. Council Members present included: Mayor
<br />Kathy Lawson, Vice Mayor Kimble Reynolds, Gene Teague, Mark Stroud, Sr., and
<br />Danny Turner. Staff present included: Clarence Monday, City Manager, Leon
<br />Towarnicki, Brenda Prillaman, Eric Monday, Wayne Knox, Mike Rogers, Linda
<br />Conover, Kenneth Draper, Kenith Shumate, and Gary Cody.
<br />Following the invocation by Council Member Danny Turner and Pledge to
<br />the American Flag, Mayor Lawson welcomed everyone to the meeting.
<br />On a motion by Gene Teague, seconded by Kimble Reynolds, Council
<br />approved with a 5-0 vote, the minutes of the December 8, 2008 Neighborhood
<br />meeting and December 9, 2008 meeting with the addition of this statement to
<br />December 9, 2008 minutes: Councilman Turner asked Perriello his feelings on
<br />coal fired plants and Perriello stated he is in favor of carbon capture. The same
<br />motion and second approved the minutes of the December 8, 2008 tour with a 4-
<br />o vote with Mayor Lawson abstaining as she was not present at that meeting.
<br />A representative of the Virginia Jaycees, Lynn Martin, made the
<br />Outstanding Young Virginians EMT Award presentation to Kenith Shumate of the
<br />Martinsville City Fire Department noting his past accomplishments and reasons
<br />he was selected.
<br />The agenda item "presentation of Virginia Laws Enforcement Challenge
<br />Award to Martinsville City Police Department for their traffic safety
<br />accomplishments" was tabled to the February 10,2009 meeting.
<br />After comments from Wayne Knox, Mayor Lawson opened the public
<br />hearing to abandon a portion of Dalton Street (alley) located between 208 Fayette
<br />and 212 Fayette St., as shown on Tax Map 22. There being no comments from
<br />the public, Mayor Lawson closed the public hearing. On a motion by Gene
<br />Teague, seconded by Danny Turner, Council approved the abandonment, on the
<br />first reading, with the following 5-0 recorded vote: Mrs. Lawson, aye; Mr.
<br />Reynolds, aye; Mr. Teague, aye; Mr. Stroud, aye; and Mr. Turner, aye, to abandon
<br />the strip of land as described above.
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