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Council Members <br />M. Gene Teague, Mayor <br />Terry L. Roop, Vice-Mayor <br />Bruce H. T Dallas <br /> J. Ronald Ferrill <br /> Joseph R. Cobbe <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> A CiTY WITHOUT LIMITS <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> Of THE <br />MARTINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />Enclosure <br /> <br /> City Manager <br />Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. <br />City Attorney <br />David B. Worthy <br />Clerk of Council <br />Johnathan B. Phillips <br /> <br />WHEREAS, all the citizens of the City of Martinsville deserve the oppor[unity to receive <br />quality and affordable health care; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, such care should be available for all citizens regardless of their socio- <br />economic status; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, many residents of the City of Martinsville and the surrounding jurisdictions <br />are unable to purchase quality health care for themselves and their families, and <br />therefore must rely on assistance from service providers who receive grant funds to help <br />meet the financial requirements of that service; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the opportunities for such assisted services have lessened in recent <br />months with the loss of grant funding for several rural health care centers serving the <br />communities in Henry, Pittsylvania and Franklin counties and the cities of Danville and <br />Martinsville, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the need for such services appears to be increasing; now, therefore <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED, on this 22nd day of April 2003, that the Martinsvilie City Council <br />encourages such service providers and the Bureau of Primary Health Care to pursue all <br />avenues possible to ensure that quality and affordable health care continue to be <br />available for our citizens. <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />Johnathan B. Phillips, Clerk of Council <br />Date Adopted <br /> <br />55 West Church Street P.O. Box 1112 Martinsville, VA 24114-1112 276-656-5 I80 Fax: 276-656-5280 <br /> www.ci.martinsville.va.us <br /> <br /> <br />