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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1982 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, November 9, 1982, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held October 26, 1982. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on a proposed ordinance which, if adopted, would amend Section 16-41 of the City Code in accordance with the request for increased taxicab fare rates, as filed with Council by Yellow Cab Company of Martinsville at Council's regular meeting held October 26, 1982. The record notes that no citizen appeared at this public hearing in opposition to-- or support of--the proposed rate increases, although Vice-Mayor Oakes reported that two citizens had registered their opposition thereto with him. Councilman Reed questioned the propriety of Yellow Cab's inclusion in its financial statements (presented to Council on October 26, 1982) such items as stock investments and parking lot rental income and, in addition, indicated that financial statements from all certificated operators within the City should be made available. Mayor Cole, in reviewing the per- centage rate increase last granted by Council in October of 1979, suggested that (1) Council obtain more audited data before revising the rates and (2) Council seriously consider removing itself as a rate-making body. On this latter suggestion, Mr. Benton S. Blackard, owner-operator of Yellow Cab Company of Martinsville, stressed the need for a continued unified rate structure for local cab operators and, also, urged the Council to continue in its role as a rate-setting body. The public hearing being declared closed,