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') r;, .... 0' TUESDAY JANUARY 9. 1968 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with }~yor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, January 9, 1968, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, all members being present with the exception of Councilman W. Donald Hartford (who was confined at home because of illness), viz., Dr. F. T. Renick, Mayor; .'. E. E. Stone, Vice-Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council deferred to its next regular meeting the reading of minutes of its regular meeting held December 26, 1967, because of the absence of its Clerk. City Manager Thomas B. Noland served as Acting Clerk. Pursuant to duly-advertised public notice, Council conducted a public hearing on the following proposed City Charter amendments: ( "1) add to Section 2, of Chapter 1, of said Charter, the permissive power to establish a "Parking Authority"; and (2) amend Section 6, of Chapter 2, of said Charter, to permit the City Council to establish the compensation each member shall receive for each regular or special meeting he attends, not to exceed eighty dollars for each such meeting; provided, however, that the annual compensation paid to any such member shall not exceed twenty-four hundred dollars for his services as such. In connection with !litem (1)" above, representatives of the Retail Merchants Association appeared before Council and expressed endorsement thereof, following which City Manager Noland and Traffic-Planning Engineer Irving R. McGhee commented briefly thereon by way of explanation and endorsement. As to "item (2)", one question.,--by way of clarification--was raised by a member of the audience, followed by an explanation of the intent of the proposed change. Then, UpOL motion--duly seconded and unanimously carried--Council directed that the City's representatives to the 1968 Virginia General Assembly be requested to introduce and support legislation whereby these two proposed charter changes might be approved by the Virginia General Assembly.