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324 MR. WEINBERG• NOES: NONE. THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER EXPRESSED THANKS TO MR.BATTLE FOR HIS SERVICE AND COOPERATION DURING HIS TENURE OF OFFICE. MR. BATTLE THEN SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD BE A FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDS FULL TIME CITY ATTORNEY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY WITH AN OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL, SINCE THE WORK IN THAT DEPARTMENT HAD GROWN TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT A PART TIME CITY ATTORNEY COULD NOT GIVE PROPER ATTENTION TO ALL OF THE LEGAL BUSINESS OF THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A FULL TIME ATTORNEY BE EMPLOYED. A MOTION BY MR. COLEMAN, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THAT MR. PAUL D. SUMMERS, JR. BE ELECTED AS CITY ATTORNEY ON A FULL TIME BAStS EFFECTIVE MARCH 1 , 1959 AT CITY ATTORNEY ELECTED - , MR. PAUL D. SUMMERS, JR. A SALARY OF $6,500.00 PER ANNUM, TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MR. BATTLE, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 1959 WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES; NONE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. ~ --, ^ 'CLERK SI ENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - FEBRUARY 16, 1959 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. $CRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY 2, 1959 AND FEBRUARY 5, 1959 WERE READ AND APPROVED. 1`HE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT MR. PAUL J. BLOCH HAD ACCEPTED THE COMPROMISE ESTABLISHING THE STREET LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARKET STREET MATTER RE: STREET LINE NORTH SIDE OF MARKET STREET BETWEEN SEVENTH AND NINTH STREETS. A MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. PAUL J. BLOCH MR. COLEMAN, THAT THE COMPROMISE LINE BE APPROVED AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1959, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE SUCH ACTION IN COURT OR THE MAYOR EXECUTE SUCH DEED AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE COMPROMISE EFFECTIVE, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE PETITION OF MR. PAUL J. BLOCH REQUESTING PERMISSION TO OPERATE A GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT SEVENTH ANO EAST MARKET STREETS WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED. PERMISSION TO OPERATE FILLING STATION APPROVED ON MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN, THIS REQUEST WAS GRANTED FOR MR. PAUL J. BLOCH Fs x-: ._ ~ .... ON CONDITION THAT THE COMPROMISE STREET LINE IS ACCEPTABLE,BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE. (MR. DAVIS NOT VOTING . A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CROZET LUMBER COMPANY STATING THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED LOGGING OPERATIONS ON THE RAGGED MOUNTAIN PROPERTY MATTER RE: REQUEST OF CROZET LUMBER CO. BOND ON LOGGING OPERATION AND REQUESTING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO CANCEL THEIR PERFORMANCE BOND. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT AN INSPECTION HAD BEEN MADE AND THAT THE LUMBER COMPANY HAD PERFORMED THE OPERATION IN A VERY SATISFACTORY MANNER, HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE IN THE SPRING. ON MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER, THE CITY MANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED TO RELEASE THE PERFORMANCE BONG PROVIDED THE CROZET LUMBER COMPANY WOULD AGREE, BY LETTER, TO PERFORM THE WORK AS OUTLINED IN A LETTER FROM THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 11, 1959. ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, MR. RAYMOND V. LONG APPOINTMENTS TO BLDG. CODE REVIEW BOARD WAS APPOINTED TO THE BUILDING CODE REVIEW BOARD TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM