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May 13. <br /> <br />TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1996 <br /> <br />47 <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council set public <br />hearings for January 14, 1997 on the following: (1) a request by <br />Stepping Stones, Inc. for City Council to consider recommending real <br />estate tax exemption status for the organization to the General <br />Assembly for property located at 600 Northside Drive; and (2) on the <br />uses of a $27,294 grant received by the Police Department from the U.S. <br />Department of Justice. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the <br />following Resolution: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Martinsville City Charter in Paragraph (38) of Sec. 2 of <br />Chapter 1 of said Charter authorizes and empowers members of the <br />Martinsville City Council, during their respective terms of office, to <br />act as the Commissioners of the Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing <br />Authority whenever said Council shall adopt a resolution declaring the <br />need for an Authority to function in the City of Martinsville and the <br />determination that the members of the Council of the City of <br />Martinsville shall act as Commissioners of said Authority; now, <br />therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in <br />regular session held on December 10, 1996, that there is the need for <br />such an Authority to function in the City of Martinsville; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Council of the City of <br />Martinsville should act as Commissioners of said Authority; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Mayor George B. Adams, Jr., Vice Mayor Mark <br />A. Crabtree, and Council Members M. Gene Teague, Bruce H. T. Dallas and <br />Elizabeth H. Haskell be, and they hereby are, appointed as <br />Commissioners of the Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority; <br />and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that George B. Adams, Jr., be, and he hereby is, <br />designated as Chairman of said Authority; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that four Commissioners shall constitute a <br />quorum of said Authority for the purpose of conducting its business and <br />that action may be taken by said Authority upon the vote of a majority <br />of the Commissioners present, unless in any case the Bylaws of said <br />Authority shall require a larger number. <br /> <br /> <br />