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<br />t $'~ <br />- < <br /> <br />THURSDAY <br /> <br />MAY 31, 1973 <br /> <br />/...--..> <br /> <br />A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> <br />Virginia, for the purpose of receiving the City Manager's recommended City <br /> <br />Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, accompanied by his Budget <br /> <br />Message, for the purpose of setting a date for required Public Hearing thereon, <br /> <br />and for the purpose of considering the proposed allocation of Federal Revenue- <br /> <br />Sharing funds applicable to various entitlement periods, was held Thursday, <br /> <br />,.,--, <br /> <br />May 31, 1973, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 12 o'clock noon. <br /> <br />All.members of Council were present, viz., Mayor Francis T. West, presiding; <br /> <br />Harry L. Boaz, Vice Mayor; W. Donald Hartford; William D. Hobson, and Morton W. <br /> <br />Lester. <br /> <br />After the reading of the statement of purpose of this meeting, City Manager <br /> <br />Noland presented his 1973-74 Budget Message which proposes a total budget of <br /> <br />$12,090,988.28 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, on which--upon motion, <br /> <br />duly seconded and unanimously carried--Council called for a duly-advertised <br /> <br />Public Hearing to be conducted at Council's forthcoming meeting scheduled for <br /> <br />June 12, 1973. Meanwhile, after referring to Council's authorization of <br /> <br />April 10, 1973, to purchase five new buses to be added to the "City Transit" <br /> <br />fleet for free busing of eligible school students during the forthcoming school <br /> <br />year (cost of said buses proposed to be financed from Federal Revenue-Sharing <br /> <br />funds), City Manager Noland reported that delivery of these buses is expected <br /> <br />by early September, 1973. In preparation therefor, City Manager Noland also <br /> <br />reported that included in his proposed 1973-74 City Budget--in addition to the <br /> <br />cost of the buses--are provisions for the maintenance of the entire fleet of <br /> <br />buses as well as a capital outlay item of $50,000.00 for expansion of the City's <br /> <br />Central Garage facility to house said buses, which expansion should begin <br /> <br />immediately so as to be ready and available at the beginning of the forthcoming <br />