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96 TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1985 WHEREAS, in the past thirty years there have been thousands of people in our Community who have been volunteers in our Parks and Recreation programs, there is one who stands out above all the rest with the following accomplishments: A. Forty years service as a City employee, retiring in 1977; and eight years service as a part-time employee in the Parks and Recreation Department, often working fifty hours per week; B. Service as Treasurer of the Martinsville Booster's Club for many years and recipient of its Youth Service Award in 1970; and recipient of the Virginia Parks and Recreation Society's Volunteer Award in 1973; C. Member of the Association since Award in 1984 for in its programs; Martinsville Community Recreation 1969 and recipient of its Volunteer eighteen years of volunteer service D. Ten years volunteer service operating a concession stand at Clearview Park for seven days a week during the summer--donating all profits to community youth projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA, this 28th day of May, 1985, that the Clearview Park be officially named the J. RUSSELL MASON PARK in honor of his many years of unselfish, dedicated service to the citizens of Martinsville. Pursuant to duly published public notice, Council conducted a public hearing for the purpose of adopting a tax rate of $0.76 per $100 of assessed value of real estate. It was noted that this is the current tax rate, but because the 1984 General Reassessment total real property values increased more than one (1) percent over the previous year it must be acted upon by the Council. J. Ronnie Minter, Commissioner of the Revenue, related action taken by the Board of Equalization as to the 1984 General Reassessment. Of the 116 separate parcels of property considered 76 parcels were changed resulting in a reduction of $216,400, or a total real