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September 14, 2004 <br /> <br /> Martinsville City Council held a regular monthly work session Tuesday, <br /> September 14 at 1 p.m. Members present included Mayor Joseph R. Cobbe, <br /> Vice-Mayor Kimble Reynolds and council members James W. Clark, J. Ron <br /> Ferrill and Terry L. Roop. <br /> <br /> Mayor Cobbe called the meeting to order and turned the meeting over to <br /> City Manager Dan Collins. <br /> <br /> Under old business, Mr. Collins announced that staff recognitions will be <br /> on the agenda for September 28, then called for a presentation from Mr. Butch <br /> Hamlet, chairman of the Martinsville-Henry Economic Development Corporation. <br /> Mr. Hamlet updated council on the search for the body's chief executive, the <br /> status of the interim officer and renovations to the corporation's offices, the <br /> branding initiative, coordination with city and county economic development <br /> offices and the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to the corporation. <br /> <br /> The City Manager called on Police Chief Mike Rogers to report regarding <br />the safety status of the City Firing Range in Martinsville Industrial Park. Chief <br />Rogers offered PowerPoint slides illustrating the range's location and firing lines <br />of sight. The chief discussed the merits of keeping the existing firing range <br />versus locating a new range at the Martinsville Landfill on Clearview Drive. <br />Economic Development Director Tom Harned said the current range would not <br />be suitable for development as an industrial site. Mr. Reid Young, who made the <br />initial inquiry about the range, spoke and presented a post from the range as an <br />illustration of his safety concerns. By consensus, council expressed its desire to <br />keep the existing range with the intention to develop a new range as able. <br /> <br /> <br />