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')f"'r -, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1971 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, November 9, 1971, in the iliuncil Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., with all members--with the exception of Vice-Mayor West, who~s out of the City--being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held October 26, 1971. By memorandum dated October 29, 1971, from Col. Walter E. Mather, Executive Director of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, attention of all governing bodies within the District was called to the Commission's recent action whereby--subject to the approval of a majority of the member govern- mental jurisdictions--the Commission proposes to amend Article III, Section 2, of the Commission's Charter to read as follows: Each member of the COMMISSION shall have one equal vote in all matters before the COMMISSION. However, on any vote before the Board, a member may request a population-weighted vote. In such a case, each juris- diction is allocated one vote per 5,000 in population, or major fraction thereof, the votes to be cast by the members designated for that purpose by the jurisdiction. When voting by this procedure, a two-thirds majority is necessary to carry the issue. Council deferred action on this matter until such time as the full membership of Council is present and Council's two-member representatives (Messrs. Hobson and West) to the Commission might present their advice and opinions thereon. Council received--and referred to Traffic-Planning Director Irving R. McGhee for study and report back to Council--a suggestion offered by Mr. A. L. Aydlett, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber