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148 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1993 <br /> <br />A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of <br />Martinsville, Virginia, with Vice-Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. presiding, <br />was held Tuesday, August 24, 1993 in the Circuit Courtroom, City Hall, <br />beginning at 7:30 P.M. The following members of Council were present: <br />George B. Adams, Jr., Vice-Mayor; Steve M. Draper; and Clyde L. <br />Williams. Absent were Mayor Allan McClain and L. D. Oakes, who were <br />away from the City. <br /> <br />After the invocation, followed by Vice-Mayor Adams' cordial welcome to <br />visitors present, Council approved the minutes of its meeting of August <br />10, 1993 as circulated. <br /> <br />Under Business from the Floor, Gail Cheney, a resident of Henry County, <br />stated that at the August 23, 1993 Henry County Board of Supervisors <br />meeting a candidate for the Board spoke "with suspicion on whether the <br />City would cooperate with the County." Ms. Cheney asked the members of <br />Council for their views on cooperation or consolidation with the <br />County, to which the members present stated they were generally in <br />favor of cooperation and eventual consolidation. <br /> <br />Council conducted a public hearing on several proposed amendments to <br />the City's Zoning Ordinance. Upon motion, duly seconded and by <br />unanimous vote, Council decided to conduct the public hearing at this <br />meeting and continue it until the September 14, 1993 meeting of Council <br />in order that all members of Council would have the opportunity to hear <br />the views of citizens on these matters. In conducting the public <br />hearing, Vice-Mayor Adams read each section of the proposed amendments <br />and asked for public comments with regard to each specific section. <br />Although some comments were made during portions of the public hearing <br /> <br /> <br />