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Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council,
held February 18, 1969, at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal office.
There were present: Mayor C. Robert Edens, presiding.
Councilmen: J. H. White, S. G. Frye, Mason A. Vaughan,
Raymond F. Ratcliff, W. D. Macgill, Jr.,
Glen K. Aust, Andrew L. Graham
Absent: William A. House
Also present: Town Manager: J. E. Marshall
Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton
Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore
Visitors: Jane Graham, Southwest Times reporter
Joyce Gardner, WPUV Radio Station
Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter
Tommy Huff ord, Christian'Church Youth' Fellowship Group.
Mr. Gerald Clark, Leader for Boy Scout Troop ~~345,
and Scouts Timmy Ratcliff, Joe Haymore and
Jimmy Bryant
The invocation was givenby Councilman Aust.
Minutes of the regular meeting of February 4th were approved
as recorded.
Mayor Edens welcomed Scout Leader Clark and the members of
his Troop, Timmy Ratcliff gave a very interesting resume of the "Klondike
Derby" recently held by the Boy Scouts.
Representing the Christian Church Youth Fellowship, Tommy
Huff ord requested permission of Council for the Youth Group to paint
house numbers on the curbs as a money raising project for a trip to
the United Nations Youth Seminar. He stated this work had been done
CHRISTIAN CHURCH se~reral years ago by the local Boy Scouts. Conncilman Macgill moved
YOUTH GP. TO WORK
WITH TOWN ENGR. that the Youth Group be allowed to paint house numbers on the curb
RE: PAINING
HOUSE NUMBERS f or those person who so desired to have their numbers painted, which
motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff. In the discussion which
followed the Town Manager pointed out that the Town is presently
endeavoring to get property owners to display their house numbers as
required by the ordinance, and it was felt that since there are more
miles of streets without curb than with, it would be to the advantage of
the group to work with the Town Engineer's office in securing the
correct number for the property owners and then approach the owners
with this information and sell and install the numbers. It was felt
the youth group would derive more money from their endeavors than
merely painting house numbers on the curb. Mr. Macgill withdrew his
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Council mins. contd; Feb. 18, 1969
motion and Mr. Ratcliff withdrew his second. Tommy Hufford
was to discuss this with the Youth Fellowship group and later
discuss the matter with Town Manager Marshall.
Councilman Aust reported that as a result of the
request from the Taxicab Companies for a rate increase, Council
had referred the matter to the Police Committee for study and
recommendation. Mr. Aust stated that the Committee recommended
that a ten cent (lOC) increase per trip, be added to each zone;
COMM. RECOMMDS .
L41~ INCREASE that a price list be posted in each cab for the benefit of the
PER TRIP FOR
TAXI OPRS. public, as set forth in the ordinance, and moved that upon this
ORD. TO BE
DRAWN recommendation, the Town Attorney be directed to draw the proper
ordinance incorporating the recommendation, which motion was
seconded by Councilman Graham, and carried.
Councilman Frye stated that the Finance Committee had met,
RET.INVEST but no report could be made on the Retirement Investment until some
MENT
special investigation could be made by Town Manager Marshall.
Councilman R atcliff advised that it had been proposed
HOLLY ST. that the Holly Street sanitary sewer line be done in three
SEWER
different stages, and his Comm ittee would make a report on this
later.
Mr. Ratcliff further reported there was nothing to
SNIDER LANE report on the S~iider Lane sanitary sewer extension at this time,
SEWER EXT .
as more study was necessary.
The Taylor-Dillon project was discussed generally, and it
TAYLOR- DIT~IAN
PROJECT was hoped that construction on this line could begin within the
next four weeks.
Town Manager Marshall reported that progress is being
made on activating a new filter unit at the Filter Plant, which was
FILTER UNIT
BEING INSTALLED approved in the current budget and stated when completed would mean
an additional 750,000 gallons of water per day.
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Council continued/18/69
Mr. Marshall read to Council a letter from Daniel Corwin,
70 East Main Street, who was granted a permit by Council in 1968
to operate a Teen-age Center, Mr. Corwin stated in this letter that
he no longer planned to operate the Center, but had applied to the
ABC Board for an ABC license for the Restaurant which he now plans
D.CORVIN
DANCE HALL to operate at 70-West Main Street. In view of this inf ormation,
HERMIT TO
BE Councilman Frye moved that the Dance Hall permit be rescinded, which
RESCINDED
motion was seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried.
Councilman White moved that Council go into executive session
to discuss a real estate matter, which motion was seconded by Council-
EXECUTIVE man Ratcliff, and carried.
SESSION
Mayor Edens declared Council to be in executive session at
4;45 P. M. At 5:25 P. M. the meeting was declared to be in regular
session.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at
5:25 P. M.
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Approved:
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Mayor
Attest:
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Clerk f the Council