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... ') J~ TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 1970 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, January 27, 1970, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., Vice-Mayor Francis T. West; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, there followed the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Scout Bruce Lawrence, and the reading of the minutes of Council's regular meeting held January 13, 1970, which minutes were approved as recorded. In connection with consideration being given for some time to various systems of microfilming the City's maps and construction records, City Manager Noland presented a memorandum and recommendation dated January 23, 1970, which Council unanimously accepted, thus authorizing the entering into an agreement with the local firm of Logan Gray, Inc., for such service and authorizing the expenditure of some $2,700.00 ($1,890.00 being for the purchase of a viewing machine) to put the recommended system in operation. Accordingly, the proposal of a 3M Corporation, which anticipated the purchase of a camera and related equipment at a sizeable investment, or any similar proposal, was rejected; however, City Manager Noland pointed out the possibility of converting to such a system sometime in the future, pending further study and experience. In connection with Council's January 13th directive, pertaining to proposed City Charter amendment to increase the City's property tax rate ceiling, City Attorney Cubine reported that statutory requirements can not be met in time to present the proposal--even if approved by the citizens--to the 1970 Virginia General Assembly.