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•NOTICE
A call meeting of the Leesburg Town Council will be
held on Tuesday, July 31, 1973 at 3 :00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers , 10 West Loudoun Street, Leesburg, Virginia, for
the purpose of discussing the pending suit on the "Shor"
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G. DEWEY
Mayor
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MINUTES OF CALL MEETING OF LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL, JULY 31 , 1973 .
A call meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held in the Coun-
cil Chambers , 10 West Loudoun Street , Leesburg , Virginia , on July 31,
1973 at 3 :00 P.M . , pursuant to Notice of same , copy of which is at-
tached hereto. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor. Pres-
ent were Mayor G. Dewey Hill, Councilmen Walter F . Murray, Robert A. ' ,
Orr, John.W. Pumphrey, Herbert L. Ridder, C . Terry Titus and John A.
Wallace , Jr. ; also Town Manager James W . Ritter, Jr. , Town Attorney
George M. Martin, Planning Director Robert C . Forbes and Tow Treas-
urer W. Emory Plaster, Jr .
Town Attorney George Martin introduced Mr. William W. Koontz and
Mr. A. Hugo Blankl ship, Jr. -of the law firm of Boothe , Prichard and
Dudley, Fairfax, Virginia .
Mayor Hill stated that the purpose of this meeting was to discuss
the pending suit of L. H. Shor & Associates vs . Town of Leesburg , Vir-
ginia , et al .
On motion of Councilman Wallace , seconded by Councilman Ridder,
Council voted unanimously to go into executive session at 3 :05 P.M.
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Council reconvened at 4 :40 P.M. and , on motion of Councilman
CO Wallace , seconded by Councilman Murray, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
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cn BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the firm of Boothe , Prichard & Dudley, represented by
Mr. Koontz and Mr. Blankigship, be retained , at their standard
hourly rate and such other associated legal costs , to repre-
sent the Town of Leesburg in the defense of a suit filed in
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia by L. H. Shor and Associates , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that John A. Wallace, Jr. , Councilman ,
and C . Terry Titus , Councilman, be available to report to the
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attorneys on behalf of the Tow in this matter , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the firms of Johnson and Williams
and Dewberry , Nealon and Davis be authorized to consult with
special counsel in regard to this suit.
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Orr, the
.meeting was adjourned at 4 :45 P.M.
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Clerk of e Counci