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Council minutes
October 20, 1959, ~t p. m.
%ir_utes of the regular meeting c° the Pulaski Town Council.
held on the 20tY;. dayr of October, 1959, at %,~ p. m., ir. the 'unicipal.
offices.
There ~rere prevent: :~:ayor C, `T. Jackson, presiding.
Councilmen: ',•T. A. I:arson, Jo?-:r. -,'. Nash, '?'. L. Carrico,
i,,r. S. Cummings, T. ~ . :'cCarthy
Absent;: .f?. ~^ ,,Ihite, J. R. i'arty.n, Glen K. ~~ust
Also present:~T. B. Noland,. G. c, Moore & Gladys R. ?)alton
Visitors: Bill ~-:leers, reporter for ~out'nVrest Times
Rev. A. H. Kahle
The Rev. °~. ?i, r~ahle, pastor of t?-ie Churc'~i of the Brethern, '
gave the invocation.
i~iinutes of the meAt~.r.~? of. October 5th, 1959, were approved.
A letter from "s. Earl Hill,_,up°rintender.t of Jefferson
R~ rnmTr,~ i'~=ills, raas read to Counci., the contents of trTnich pertained to the
?ROl i iR. riILL
CUi~iCF.RT•.IiG Water bill of Jefferson :`Fills. After a discussion of this matter,
T,'ATER T?ILL 0
J~~~,~',t~C1: it was decided that the To•m. i'•:anager advw,e I'r. hill by letter that
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sometime ir, the near future the i~'ayor, C,.rtirman of th? T~.ater Corr;r;ittee
and Tr,~~~~ t~a.nager taoulc: ^all on hir and discuss the manor of the
*•rater bill ~~Tith him.
There ~,ra;; read a petition si^~nec; by sixteet, residents of
+a~%ette and iioward Ctreets t~ritr. regards to their having no objections
T(~~rld ATT)~. TO to the parking of a house trailer in the yard of their neighbor, i.rs.
RULE 0',','. I'O;i Sr
TR~IT~'R :'T'IPRTG urr.E:tte Clark. After a discussion. of this matter, on motion of T. J.
PAR~2~;D U'`:
?>;cCarth seconded b- ~ Carrico atzd .arried u ;arir~.uusl• -those
orese t, the matter was turned over to tYe T oti~rn .ttorney for an opinion i
as to applicable Tct~rn ordirarce~.
Council,,,an Larso;~t, Chairman of .ie _. ,,~-,, ._t ~.ommittee,, ~ ave the
~PPROI'Ri ~TIOP; report of his corutittee on the request of ?erlin Cable of f~'athews Court
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to hardsurface the street: and extend the Trratnr line to the "at~~e*.rs
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~'XT, ??T'ROVF'D Court area. It taas the r. ~io~;,r,~,ndation o_° the Committee that a F~" watAr
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~ -_.,~~_ line be extended 300 feet to :~a~the*.as Ccut°'.; and one fire hydrant
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rr .. installed, the approximate cost of =^rhich being ~1,^(10.00, at~td that
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this su;~: r~ appropriated from t'ne '•.'ater '";z~c?; that '^arasurfacina of
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the ore block, about 300 feet, be considered in th~~ next fiscal budget.
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Council rains. contd.
October 20, 1959, ~. p. m.
Or. motion of '~. r".. Lar. son, seccndecl by T. J. :°`<c^,urthy, and on the
iollowin~ recorded vote:
'ri. A. Larson -aye r°'. C Cummings - a.ye
John ?~d. Nash -aye T. J. :%c0arthy -aye
F. L. Carrico -aye J. R. .~`artn -absent
TAI. F. °'hite -absent Glen. R. Aust -absent
the recommenda tion of the Street Commi ttee was accepted.
Town Attorney T,"core reported that the Suereme Court of
Virginia. had refused to grant a ?Writ of F'rr•or in the Lovin~* Field case
Airport Trrhich included the Totrn's suit for specific perforr!ance on an opt:i_on
TU~s!?~? TO '.-{T''", calling for the purchase of a portion of the land, and that as soon
DEED SOOT, FOR
I~~ND AT as remaining court procedures could be completed the Town would receive
LOVI^?G ~I'?LD
a clear title to the l:~nd in ouestion.
The Town Attorney explained that for some reason a map on
irhich Taas shown the proposed exchange of land between the Town a.nd
Pulaski Hospital, Inc. had included an erroneous dimension of plus
'i(7~'~T :ATTY. TO
~:~~i'F. CORicF.CT- or minu.:> jj feet instead of plus or minus ~0 feet in the .length of the
I OPdS IN DI v .
OF STRIP OF strip of land. On motion made, secardec: and carried unanimously, it
LA"1D TO PF
FXCH~'.NGED BY tags resolved that the Tot,~m attorney be, and he hereby is, directed
PUL. ??OSPIT AL
& T(~•Il~' to take ?whatever legal .steps Tfrhich might be necessary to amend the
recent proceedings of Council to correct tl~tis error in dimensions.
P~`ayor Jackson reported that the, L ederal Government had ~%iven
formal approval to the enlarging of the New River Valley Airport
APPROVAL OF Project, involving paving of the: runway extension to a total of ~`~00
Win. GovT, of
PAVIPdG °[1"Ti`_' feet, the widening of the taxi~faays to 5O feet ar,:~ the. enlar~_;ement of
AT P`RL'.~ the apron area to 250 x 5O0 feet. it Tti7as also reported that the
contractor had already begun operation towards enl.ar~;ing the project
as above outlines.
On motion of ?~. S. Cummings, ;seconded by ?~. A. Larson, and
i~~Rt~FD carried on the unanimous vote of those present, it was res olved t':tat the
TIPPER 0~.
BALLAGH LA~vP, timber on the Ballagh land in Raines Ho11ow which had been marked by
ITd RnIP~'S ii0LL0~•T
AREA TO BF the State Forestry Department be advertised for sale.
AD~,lF'RTISED FOR
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Council minx. contd. October ^0, 195>, a p. m.
Cr. motion of ?J. A. Larson, seconc^d by T `'. Cum~in~s, and
R~CRE.~TIO?~~ CO;~~~TTFT
TU PRES~'1!?T carried unanimously by those present, it ~•Tas resolved that the Recreatio~z
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TO Rr COIv`;:~rR-Committee of Council J~resent to Council a slate of names to be considert-~d
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REGRRATI('P: for members of the Recreation Commission as provided for i.n the Town Cody.
U" ~' `IS `?I O"d
There being no further business, the meeting adjoarned at
7:30 p. m.
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