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c: It.. TUESDAY JUNE 30. 1959 ,,- A special and duly-advertised meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsv.ille, Virginia, with M3.yor John W. Shultz presiding, was held Tuesdq, June 30, 1959, at 6:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on a proposed budget for the City of M3.rtinsville for the period begi.."1l1:l.ng July 1, 1959, and for the purpose of considering sueh other business ,,- as might properly be brought before Council. All members of Council were present, viz., M3.yor and Councilman John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor and Councilman E. E. stone; and Councilmen Thoms, J. Burch and Clarence C. Donavant. After the invocation, Council agreed to consider first the bids received at the June 24th public auction for the timber on both the "Poorhouse Farm" and Smith Iake tracts of land owned by the City. Council unanimously accepted the high bids submitted as follows: "Poorhouse Farm" . . . . . . . . $15,550.00 . . 5,100.00 . . . . . . Saunders llunber Co. Smith Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan M. Baptist ,,- Council, next, convened a public hearing on the proposed City budget for the period beginning July 1, 1959, as presented to Council on June 16, 1959, by City l<Bnager Hirst. Mr. John Redd Smith inquired into several items mentioned in City Mmager Hirst's budget message, pertaining to the City's electric utility, after which Mr. Smith suggested that study be made as to the efficiency of the electric utility operation under city management, suggesting that it might be better if the City dispose of the electric utility by sale to a privately-operated utility. Council then received the following ~itten statement from City Manager Hirst reflecting Council's wishes and directive informally expressed since the Manager presented his recanmended budget on June 16th: 1959-60 Budget Council Revisions: Tax rate redueed to $1.85 on real and public service eorporations.