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<br />,~.-) <br />S:u <br /> <br />MONDAY <br /> <br />JUNE 2, 1975 <br /> <br />A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> <br />Virginia, with Mayor Harry L. Boaz presiding, was held Monday, June 2, 1975, <br /> <br />in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of <br /> <br />studying a proposed City budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. All <br /> <br />members of Council were present, viz., Harry L. Boaz, Mayor; William D. Hobson, <br /> <br />Vice Mayor; G. S. Fitz-Hugh, Jr.; Barry A. Greene; and Morton W. Lester. <br /> <br />The purpose of this meeting being duly stated, Council reviewed with City <br /> <br />Manager Noland his memorandum dated May 30, 1975, covering salient aspects <br /> <br />of the proposed 1975-76 City budget, some of which are hereinafter covered <br /> <br />in these minutes, with Council formally taking the following actions: <br /> <br />(1) the City-owned public transportation system: <br />(a) unanimously authorized discontinuance of regular <br />passenger bus service after 9:00 A.M. and before <br />4:00 P.M., daily; and <br />(b) authorized an increase, from present twenty-five <br />(25~) cents to forty (40~) cents, in regular <br />passenger fares or rates, all members of Council <br />voting this authorization with the exception of <br />Councilman Fitz-Hugh, who proposed new fare rates <br />of thirty (30~) cents; <br />(2) refuse collection service: <br />(a) unanimously directed that, effective July 1, 1975, all <br />refuse for pickup service must be placed at the curbs <br />of residential properties, thus discontinuing the <br />present "back-door" pickup service, except for <br />established "hardship" cases; <br />(3) City School Budget Requests: <br />(a) unanimously requested the City School Board to reduce <br />its proposed 1975-76 budget by $18,000.00; and <br />(4) water utility fund: <br />(a) approved (with Councilman Greene voting against <br />approval) the deletion of approximately $47,000.00 <br />"earmarked" for capital expansion, and the transfer <br />of same to the General Fund. <br /> <br />In connection with the last item hereinabove, Councilman Greene presented a <br /> <br />prepared statement projecting the financial condition of the Water Utility <br /> <br />Fund through June 30, 1980, in support of his objection to deleting the <br />