Clifton Forge Town Council Meets Tuesday, Jan. 10th   COUNCIL AGENDA TOWN OF CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017 CLIFTON FORGE TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 547 MAIN STREET • CALL TO ORDER-DAVID DAVIS, TOWN ATTORNEY      • INVOCATION      • PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE • ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING- A.     NOMINATION(S) AND ELECTION OF MAYOR B.     NOMINATION(S) AND ELECTION OF VICE MAYOR C.     APPOINTMENT OF TOWN CLERK D.     APPOINTMENT OF TOWN ATTORNEY E.     APPOINTMENT OF TOWN MANAGER REGULAR MEETING • PRESENTATIONS - RESOLUTION OF RESPECT FOR JAMES “DOODY” MORRIS - MAYOR BRINKLEY - PRESENTATION OF STOREFRONT OF THE YEAR AND VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR 2016 - CLIFTON FORGE MAIN STREET • CONSENT AGENDA MINUTES DECEMBER 13, 2016                               RECOMMENDATION: Approve minutes from December 13, 2016 • ACTION ITEMS - RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT      The superintendent of the Alleghany County Public School System has requested that the Town offers its support for the Resolution in Support of the Recommendations Introduced at the Coalfields Equity Summit, which the school system adopted on December 19, 2016.           RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution - JOINT RESOLUTION WITH ALLEGHANY COUNTY      Funds are available in a Town-held account for use for economic development activities with the approval of the governing bodies of Alleghany County and the Town. The Town proposes to use $30,000 from that fund, along with a $40,000 grant from the Alleghany Foundation for asbestos removal at the railyard. Alleghany County approved the resolution on January 3, 2017.           RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution - APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION      This resolution is necessary to appropriate the funds from the joint economic development fund and the Alleghany Foundation grant, as mentioned above, into the Town’s operating budget to be used for asbestos removal at the railyard.           RECOMMENDATION: Adopt resolution • DEPARTMENT REPORTS: POLICE DEPARTMENT      PUBLIC LIBRARY      PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT      COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT      FIRE DEPARTMENT      RECOMMENDATION: Accept reports as written      • INFORMATION TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017 FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. • MANAGER’S COMMENTS • UPCOMING EVENTS CLIFTON FORGE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESCHOOL STORY TIME--WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017, 11 AM–12 NOON CLIFTON FORGE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS JAMMIN AT THE MILL—FRIDAY, JANUARY, 19, 2017, 7 PM • PUBLIC COMMENTS • COUNCIL COMMENTS • CLOSED SESSION – PURSUANT TO SECTION CHAPTER 2.2-3711 A-3 REAL ESTATE & A-1 PERSONNEL

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