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~o TUESDAY AUGUST 22, 1972 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, --.. Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, August 22, 1972, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Francis T. West, Vice Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held August 8, 1972. City Manager Noland introduced and presented Mr. Robert 1. Corekin as Director of the City's D~partment of Electricity, effective August 21, 1972, succeeding Mr. Thomas W. Wright, recently retired because of disability. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on Graves Supply Company's petition (filed June 13, 1972) requesting the closing and vacating of a portion of Harris Street right-of-way at said street's intersection with North Memorial Boulevard, said portion being adjacent to property owned by petitioner. In acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommended approval thereof, dated July 24, 1972, and there being no objections registered thereto by any citizens, Council adopted the following ordinance directing the vacating and closing of said portion of Harris Street, including the quitclaiming thereof to Graves Supply Company: WHEREAS, by petition filed June 13, 1972, with Martinsville City Council, Graves Supply Company, Inc., requested the closing and vacating of a small and un-used portion of Harris Street at or near its intersection with Memorial Boulevard North; and WHEREAS, by report dated July 24, 1972, the Martinsville Planning Commission recommended to Martinsville City Council that petitioner's request be granted; and u____._________.____..."_~,.._~..,_..____'__,...."....' .