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<br />3: <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JULY 11,_ 1961 <br /> <br />The rp@llar semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> <br />Virginia, .with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held in the Council Chamber, <br /> <br />City Hall, Tuesday, July 11, 1961, at 7:15 P.M., and with all members of Coumil <br /> <br />present., viz., Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Vice-Mayor Fred T. Renick; Thomas J. Burch; <br /> <br />E. E. Stone; and Harry L. Boaz. <br /> <br />,- <br />" <br /> <br />After the invocation, Council approved as read the minutes of its regular nBeting <br /> <br />held June 27, 1961, and of its special meeting held June 30, 1961. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council accepted the bid <br /> <br />received July 10, 1961, from Lee Telephone Company for franchise rights and <br /> <br />privileges--as set forth in the telephone franchise ordinance adopted by Council <br /> <br />June 6, 1961--to operate a public telephone utility system wi thin the corporate <br /> <br />l:L-llits of the City of Martinsville for a period of thirty (30) years from July 15, <br />1961, and in exchange for said rights and privileges the bid of $25.00 submitted <br /> <br />by said Lee Telephone Company. Concurrent ,'Ii th Council's acceptance of said bid-- <br /> <br />it being noted that no other bids were received--Council awarded the franchise to <br /> <br />said Lee Telephone Company as follows and, in addition, approved the following <br /> <br />agree::ent between Lee Telephone Company and the City of lv1artinsville whereby there <br /> <br />is agreed that Lee Telephone Comnany will pay monthly to the City of Martinsvi11e <br /> <br />the equivalent of their monthly telephone service rental charges against the City <br /> <br />for twenty (20) telephones during the life of the franchise, this number to be <br /> <br />incr8Ctsed by one telephone for each one thousand main stations added to their <br /> <br />Ci ty system: <br /> <br />AN ORDINAN:;E TO GHANT TO LEE TELEPHONE COMP,\?H THE RIGHT, FOR THE TERM AND <br />UPON THE CONDITIONS HEREIN STA 'IED, TO USE THE STREE'IS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC <br />PLA.CE5 TO ERECT, CON3TRI.JCT, OPERATE; AND M.t'l.nJ'iJHN it TElEPHONE SYSTEM AND TO <br />CON:.:iTHUCT, INSTALL AND :M.n~TA.IN TEIEPHONE LINES, CONDUITS t,ND APPURTENANCES <br />NECESSARY TO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TELEPHONE SERVICE IN AND ALONG <br />THE S'::'REETS, Al.,LEYS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PlACES I N THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, <br />