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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988 concern with the fact that no "invitations to bid" on such a system were extended. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council adopted said proposed ordinance on an emergency basis. Said ordinance is hereby made a part of these minutes in the form of an addendum thereto. A motion, duly seconded, to accept for introduction and to place on first reading an ordinance (No. 88-3), which would amend Section 3 (Itinerant Merchants & Peddlers) of Article 2 of the City's Business-Professional- Occupational License Tax Ordinance by exempting from the license tax stipulated therein certain community activities, carried by a vote of four-to-one, with Councilman McClain voting against the motion because of his expressed reservations regarding discretionary power made a part of the amending ordinance. Meanwhile, City Manager Brown reported that the council has the authority to specify the proposed exemptions and conditions, according to a recent opinion from the office of the Commonwealth's Attorney General. Upon being informed that a required agreement remains pending between Mrs. Evelyn H. Stone and the Stocktons, regarding usage of a portion of an alleyway which Mrs° Stone has requested be closed and abandoned (being that alleyway extending from Moss Street eastward to the east side of Lots Nos. 38 and 74 -- see minutes of Council's June 14th and June 28th meetings), Council continued this matter pending the completion and execution of said required agreement. Upon being informed, too, of the City School Board's adoption (at its meeting held July 11, 1988) of a policy whereby children of non-resident City employees will be allowed, beginning with the 1988-89 school year, to attend City schools tuition-free, Council unanimously expressed concurrence with said policy.