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t TUESDAY MAY 10, 1983 -- - A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, for the purpose of further considering City Manager Edmonds' recommended 1983-84 City Budget, was held Tuesday, May 10, 1983, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 3:00 P.M. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., pre- siding; Vice-Mayor L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West. Also present were: School Board Chairman Worth H. Carter, Jr., School Board Member Harry P. Varn; School Superintendent Dr. James E. Calkins; and Mrs. Lynda W. Pulliam, School Board Clerk. After the invocation, Mayor Cole indicated that this meeting was, in effect, a continuation of Council's special meeting held May 4, 1983, and (that) tentative approval of the 1983-84 City Budget is scheduled for Council's forthcoming May 24th meeting. As a result of recent action by Council with regard to the Housing Services Program, City Manager Edmonds presented updated budget pages reflecting this action and, in addition, presented a summary of income and expenses of the City's Prison Farm for the years 1979-80, 1980-81, and 1981-82, plus to date for the current year. In response to inquiries from Councilwoman Severt concerning the number of teachers in the School System (past, present, and proposed) and the method by which the School Board arrived at its quoted and recommended 8.8% increase in salaries-wages for all its personnel in 1983-84, additional information was provided as to the number of teachers as well as on the proposed salary-wage percentage increase; however, as to the latter, it was indicated that the proposed 8.8% does not include cost of fringe benefits, more and more of which cost is required to be absorbed by localities and by less-and-less State funding. On personal services (i.e., salary-wage) costs alone, Mrs. Severt observed that the School