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2' TUESDAY JUNE 1 6. 1964 A special, duly advertised, and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Tuesday, June 16, 1964, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members of Council being present, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick, M. D.; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. ..-- After the invocation, Mayor Wilson stated the purpose of this meeting, being two-fold, as follows: (1) to conduct a public hearing, as required by law, on a proposed City Budget for the year ending June 30, 1965; and (2) to :nevie'''!, consider, and to take such action as might be deemed appropriate on bids received June 2, 1964, for the construction of a portion of the Smith River Sewer Outfall line and a completing section of the Mulberry Creek Interceptor sewer line. ....c._. In connection with the proposed budget, Mr. R. Melvin Wells, of 302 Burry Court, and other ovmers of property on Burry Court, appeared before Council with the appeal that curb-and-gutter construction (for some 500 feet) along Surry Court be authorized in the forthcoming budget construction schedule, the petition for this 1,{ork having been filed in 1962 and renewed in 1963. Although curb-and-gutter projects--for which petitions are on file--have not been viewed or selected for the 1964-65 budget year, Council indicated that the Surry Court project would be included in the authorized work schedule. Council then continued the proposed 1964-65 budget for further study. City Manager Hirst reviewed the bids received June 2, 1964, for the construction of sewer lines mentioned in the stated purpose of this meeting and, with Mr. Garland Page, of Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, who presided at the opening