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Minutes.af a special meeting of the Pulaski Town Council,
having been adjourned April 9, 1971 to 4:00 P. M., April 13, 1971, and
held in the Municipal Office.
There were present Mayor C. Robert Edens, presiding.
- Councilmen: Mason A. Vaughan, A. L. Graham, J. H. White,
S. G. Frye, Glen K. Aust, Wm. A. House,
J. L. Congrove, Raymond. F. Ratcliff
Also present: Town Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton
- Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore
Visitors: Jane Graham, Southwest Times reporter
Dr. W. W. Walton
The invocation was given by Councilmati Vaughan.
Mayor Edens stared the purpose of the special meeting was
to consider the adoption of an ordinance creating the Indutriai
Development Authority of the Town of Pulaski and appointing the
directors to said Authority and transacting any other business
they may properly come bef ore said meeting.
An ordinance crest-ing the Indus-trial- Development
Authority of the Town of Pulaski, was again presented to the Council
by Town Attorney Moore, Council considered and agreed upon the appoint-
COUNCIL ment of the directors and their terms'of~ office, and on motion of
ADOPTS
ORDINANCE Councilman Aust, seconded by Councilman House, and carried, on the.
CREATING
IND. DEV. following vote, the following ordinance was adopted:
AUTHORITY
& EKE Glen K, Aust - aye William A. House - aye
NAMES ITS J. L. Congtove - aye Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye
DIRECTORS S. G. Frye - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye
Andrew L.Graham~ aye J. H. White - aye
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI,
VIRGINIA, AND APPOINTING THE DIRECTORS THEREOF
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Industrial Development and
Revenue Bond Act (Chapter 33, Title 15.1, Code of Virginia
of 1950, as amended) (the Act), the General Assembly of
Virginia authorized the creation of industrial development
authorities by the several municipalities in the Common-
wealth of Virginia so that such authorities may acquire, own,
lease, anddispose of properties to the end that such authorities
may be able to promote industry and develop trade by inducing
manufacturing, industrial, governmental and commercial enter-
prises to locate in or .remain in the Commonwealth and further
the use of its agricultural products and natural resources,
and vested such authorities with all powers that may be
necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes, which
powers shall in all respects be exercised for the benefit of
the inhabitants of the Commonwealth, for the increase of their
commerce and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare,
convenience, and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, a municipal
corporation is authorized to create an industrial development
authority as a political subdivision of the. Commonwealth to
promote and further the purposes of the Act; and
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WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, is in accord
with the purposes of the Act and has determined that it is
in the best interest of~the~Town o£ Pulaski, Virginia, and
its inhabitants to create an industrial development
authority pursuant to the Aet; and,
WHEREAS, such an industrial development authority shall
be governed by a board of seven directors to be appointed
by the Town Council. of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, the
initial directors to be appointed two each for terms of
one, two, and three years. and one for a term of four
years;
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia:
1. There is hereby created a political subdivision
of the Commonwealth of Virginia with such public and
corporate powers as are set forth in the Industrial
Development and Revenue Bond Act (Chapter 33, Title 15.1,
Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended),. including such powers
as may hereafter be granted from time to time by the
General Assembly of Virginia.
2. The name of the political subdivision of the Common-
wealth created hereby shall be the Industrial Development
Authority of~the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, (the CAuthority").
3. The following persons are hereby appointed directors
of the Authority for the terms of office herein set forth,
-~ which- terms shall commence on- the effective date of this
ordinance:
Name• Term:
Claud K. Kirkland 4 years
Billy B. Flint 3 years
William H. Elmore 3 years
.Henry D. Martin 2 years
C. V. Jackson 2 years
E. C. Gibson 1 year
Frank R. Vass 1 year
4. The Mayor of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, is
hereby .authorized to call the initial meeting of the Board
of Directors ofthe Authority.
This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted this 13th day of April, 1971, by recorded vote.
A general discussion was held with reference to air
AIR POLLUTION
DISCUSSED pollution, but no .action was taken by Council relative to this matter.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned
at 5:00 P. M. on motion made, seconded, and carried.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Mayor
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