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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998 <br />provide good service and keep lines short during the vehicle sticker sales peak, including the first attempt at keeping <br /> <br />Saturday hours in her office. <br /> <br /> Council next considered their Consent Agenda items. These consisted of acceptance of $1,233.32 into the General <br /> <br />/"" Fund for the Police Department, acceptance of $7878.75 in Grant Funds into the General Fund for the Fire <br /> Department, the setting of three Public Hearings on Planning Commission items for Council' s meeting of May 12, <br /> 1998, and the setting of the Public Heating on the City' s proposed Budget for FY98-99, on May 12, 1998. Item <br /> G., having to do with a Public Heating on a request by the City to rename a portion of Moss to Municipal Drive, <br /> was dropped from the Consent Agenda. Upon motion duly seconded, and by unanimous vote, the Consent Agenda <br /> was approved. <br /> <br /> Under an additional item of Business from the Floor, Mr. Theodore Crutchfield of 115 Moss Street voiced a <br /> complaint concerning the City' s removal of a junk vehicle from his property. Mr. Crutchfield stated that he had <br /> been in the process of restoring the vehicle when the City's Code Enforcement staff had the vehicle towed away. <br /> He stated that a notice had been placed on the vehicle about one year before, and that he had heard nothing more <br /> from the City on the matter until he received a recent letter from the City Attomey. Mr. Crutchfield stated that he <br /> owned the vehicle, but that he did not have license plates or current stickers on the car. <br /> <br /> Council Member Teague asked where the car was at this lime, and was told it was at Harris' Exxon. Mr. Reynolds <br /> <br />stated that he had turned in a report on the vehicle to the Code Enforcement office, due to the condition of the <br />?-~ vehicle and its lack of license plates. Council Member Teague advised Mr. Crutchfield that if the vehicle did not <br /> ., <br /> <br /> meet property code requirements it was the City' s responsibility to have it towed away. Mr. Crutchfield then stated <br /> <br /> his belief that the U. S. Attorney issued an opinion that such towing was illegal. Mr. Reynolds noted that many <br /> folks that had had their vehicles towed as a result of the Ordinance had retrieved them by paying the towing fees. <br /> He also stated that this was a case in which several notices were given about the vehicle in question, with no <br /> adequate response. Council Member Teague then asked Mr. David Worthy, City Attomey, whether the City had <br /> <br /> <br />