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J60 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1965 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held Tuesday, February 9, 1965, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7~30 P.M., all members of Council being present with the exception of Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M.D., who was absent because of illness, members present being: Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. 'Stone. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held January 26, 1965. In connection with the contemplated capital improvements program and the plan of financing same offered by City Manager Hirst on January 12, 1965, and generally accepted by Council on same date, City Attorney Cubine presented drafts of tax increase ordinances in keeping with Council's directive of January 12th, viz., (1) motor vehicle license tax ordinance to become effective March 15, 1965; (2) supplemental utility tax ordinance predicated upon amount of monthly electric bill to each customer; and (3) real estate tax ordinance which would increase the tax rate on the 1965 levy from $1 .85 to $2.00 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. After some discussion and after receiving some protests from several citizens present as to the equitableness of the proposed utility tax, Council placed these ordinances on first :C'eading. Pursuant l~O Council's instructions of January 26, 1965, a special committee (composed of Councilman Burch, City Manager Hirst, and Public Works Director George W. Brown) reported that it has viewed Courtland Street--leading off Forest Street--and has agreed with Mr. T. J. Childress, Jr., that the City