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6 TUE SDA Y JANUARY 23, 1973 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Francis T. West presiding, was held on Tuesday, January 23, 1973, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. Members present were Mayor Francis T. West, Vice Mayor H. L. Boaz, William D. Hobson, and Morton W. Lester. Absent - W. D. Hartford. ,.-..-..... Following the invocation, minutes of the regular meeting held January 9, 1973, as well as the minutes of the centennial meeting held on January 16, 1973, were approved as read. Explaining that he wished to discuss certain phases of the operation of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, a source of much concern, Mayor West stated that Martinsville was the first of the seven political subdivisions to endorse the concept of the Planning District to serve our area. He then referred to a statement which he had made in a Council meeting on March 23, 1971, in which statement the Mayor had warned of creeping organizationalism and that he felt at that time that the Commission should hold the line with respect to personnel and budgetary matters. The Mayor then stated that the growth of the Planning District Commission staff and budget is of public concern and that he had recently met with other Planning District governmental leaders for a full discussion of the role of the Commission and that as a result of this meeting he had prepared a proposed resolution, explaining further that he hoped that if Council adopts the resolution such action might provide the impetus for other political subdivisions to do likewise, thus bringing about a reorganization of the Planning District. Following the Mayor's reading of the proposed resolution and after discussion of its wording, motion was made by Mr. Lester, and seconded by Mr. Boaz, there was a unanimous vote for the adoption of the resolution, reading as follows: