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erage for the Fourth of July celebration, which would cover property and liability in the town and on the grounds of Avon Hall, where the traditional entertainment and fireworks display will again be held during the evening.
• Approved a resolution which would limit the council’s business to the agenda published in the previous week’s Rappahannock News. Tfye
rule could be suspended by a “supermajority” of five affirmative votes m the case of unexpected, important business. !l
“I object to coming into a meeting on Wednesday night,” Councilman Ray Gooch said, “and finding an item of real substance without seeing it beforehand. It’s not fair &> the town’s citizens for me to abstaih or to vote from ignorance — those are the only two choices.”
• Approved a special use permit application from Rayner V. and Lois Snead for a power pole in a new location on their property on Mt. Salerti Ave. The pole will replace one takep down to build a new driveway.
• Set a joint public hearing with the Planning Commission in July to discuss amendments to the zoning and historic district ordinances, including one which would clearly define repainting a house as a substantive alteration, and another which would define more clearly government offices and prohibit their location outside the village service district, which surrounds the courthouse.
The motion was approved over the objection of Councilman Peter Skowronski, who suggested that the public have “two cracks” at comments on the amendments. "I want to give them every chance... to tell us what they think.”
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