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24~ TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1986 - A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding, was held Tuesday, April 22, 1986, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 1:30 P.M., for the purpose of continuing study and consideration of City Manager Brown's recommended City Budget for the year ending June 30, 1987. All members of Council were present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor; Eliza H. Severt, Vice-Mayor; Alfred T. Groden; L. D. Oakes; and Clyde L. Williams. After the stating by Mayor Cole of the purpose of this meeting, City Manager Brown and Finance Director Richard D. Fitts presented supplemental and/or updated information and statistical data pertaining to the proposed budget and--through J. Michael Grubbs, Administrative Assistant to the City Manager--responses to questions raised relating to personnel management. This meeting was devoted to hearing from and conferring with representatives of various "outside" agencies and several of the City's constitutional offices with regard to their 1986-87 budget requests of the City, coupled with descriptions of the activ- ities of--and the services being rendered by--the various agencies and offices, plus funding sources. Agencies and/or offices represented before Council in connection with their respective budget requests, and Council's actions on said requests, were: 1. Central Piedmont Employment Consortium (by Ms. Kristen Shores) __ request for $195.00 unanimously approved; 2. Citizens Against Family Violence (by Ms. Judy Hughes) __ request for $3,000.00 approved by vote of four-to-one (Councilman Oakes voting "no", in keeping with his prior-stated position regarding public agencies and the probability of their increasing depen- dence upon City Council for financial support); 3. Piedmont Emergency Medical Services Council (by Mr. Kippy Cassell) __ request for $1,663.00 unanimously approved;