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..... . 85 MONDAY APRIL 29, 1985 increase for Library personnel, which would require some $4,500.00 more than was in- eluded in the City Manager's proposed 1985-86 City Budget. It was also mentioned that, in the past years, the Library's support requests of the City have been predicated upon whatever percentage salary increases the then-City Manager indicated he would recommend for City employees but, as reflected above, did not "track"--as was intended--the per- centage increases granted City employees in final adoptions of City budgets in several instances. At Mayor Cole's suggestion, concurred in by other members of Council, it was agreed that a special committee be designated for the study and development of a pay classification plan for Library personnel (effective, perhaps, in 1986-87), adop- tion of which would eliminate the annual problem encounter by the Library Board in attempting to "track" percentage salary increases allowed by participating governmen- tal jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wooldridge presented a chart or exhibit, prepared by a State agency, which indicated that (on a State per capita basis) the Blue Ridge Regional Library is well below the State average in the number of books made avail- able, the number of books circulated, and in expenditures. Representing the Martinsville City School Board, appearing before Council, were Mr. Worth H. Carter, Jr., Board Chairman, Mr. William W. Edwards and Mr. Johnnie L. Jones, Board members, Dr. James E. Calkins, School Superintendent, and Mrs. Nancy Judkins, Acting Clerk. The Board, through Chairman Carter (as spokesman), presented several schedules and exhibits which included the following: 1. Estimated School Income (budgets), by source, and actual expen- ditures, with source funding, for the years 1977-78 through 1983-84, plus estimated income and expenditures (by source and source funding, respectively) for the 1984-85 and, as initially estimated and requested, for 1985-86; 2. Revised 1985-86 estimates of income and expenditures (the latter reflecting sums for a proposed Junior ROTC program and for an increase in Master's degree stipends), resulting in a net in- crease (over that included in the proposed 1985-86 City Bud- get) of some $16,000.00 in the City's estimated net cost for 1985-86;