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l' TUESDAY JUNE 21, 1960 In accordance with duly-advertised public notice, a special meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held Tuesday, June 21, 1960, at 7:15 P.M., in the Council Chamber, for the purpose of considerir:g--and hearing from any citizen thereon-- City Manager Hirst's proposed City Budget for the .fiscal year ending June 30, 1961. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor John W. Shultz; Vice-Mayor E. E. Stone; Thomas J. .- Bur.chj Clarence C. Donavant; and J. Frank Wilson.. By unanimous agreement, other items of business herein covered by these minutes were considered and/or acted upon as indicated. City Manager Hirst commented on various phases of the budget, inclUding revisions to his proposed budget made at the direction of Council, inclUding adjustments to proposed appropriations so as not to require any changes in the current property tax rates and yet provide a balanced budget. Courx:il then received the following statemnt from School Superintendent ll. L. Carper which Mr. Carper requested be recorded in these minutes: It is still the prerogative of each community to make marw of its own decisions with respect to health, welfare, safety, and education. How long a comnnmiV keeps this prerogative depends upon how well it does its job. The urgency of national security requires that the leaders in each community look beyond its own borders. The mobility of people, the competition forjobs, am the urgency of citizenship preparation place upon the shoulders of all of us tremendous responsibility. The conflict between personal economic security and national survival security is upon us. Our answers locally have far more Significance now than ever before. Whether we retain local independence and initiative will be determined in canmunities and in meetings such as this allover our country. The urgency is such that if the connnunities do not provide for national reeds the federal government will move in and 'do it for us. A recent manpower commission report indicates that by 1975 the nature of the jobs created in this country will demand that every individual be trained up to or even beyond (if this is possible), the limits of his ability if we are to man effectively the jobs we have created. If we are to retain and improve our democracy we must have a c i tizemhip that rises above selfish individual and small pressure group interests in making decisions that affect the welfare of the whole. I have devoted Il\V life to the study of manldnd, his thoughts and motivations, his decisions, his successes and his failures. His dest~ depends upon the choices he makes or those choices made for him. You are called upon to make such a choice tonight. _.__.".'-'-"~"-~-,,~,,-,,,- .- ~-~--'---'---'-'--"'-'-'----------""'-~______n.'___