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~10 TUESDAY JUNE 1, 1 965 A special and duJy-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held Tuesday, June 1, 1965, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., for the purpose of receiving the City Manager's proposed City Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for the purpose of considering such other matters of business as might come before the Council. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Dr. F. T. Renick, Vice-Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and E. E. Stone. After the :invocation and the stating of the primary purpose of the meeting, City Manager Hirst presented his recommended City Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, accompanied by his Budget Message and by his comments on major items of the proposed budget--which called for total expenditures of $6,109,998.46 during the 1965-66 year--including comments on financial problems encountered in the preparation of this recommended budget. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council placed said recommended budget on first reading and, also, called for a public hearing thereon to be conducted Tuesday, June 22, 1965, beginning at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall. In response to an inquiry from Mr. R. P. Gravely, Chairman of the Blue Ridge Airport Authority, Council indicated that decision as to disposition of the present City-owned and City-leased airport site might be deferred until such time as the Blue Ridge Airport (Patrick-Henry Airport, as referred to in minutes of May 25th) is completed and is put into operation. Upon recommendation of the City1s consulting engineers (Wiley & Wilson, Lynchburg, Virginia) and with the concurrence of the City's Public Works Department and the City Manager, Council accepted the bid of $64,993.00