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22! TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1983 Central Piedmont Employment Consortium and/or its members, Council authorized the pay- ment of thirty dollars ($30.00) to this agency for premium for such protection or coverage. - In tentative acceptance of the Planning Commission's recommendation on the property re- zoning petition submitted by The Lester Group, Council called for a duly-advertised public hearing to be conducted by Council thereon at its forthcoming December 13th meeting and for action by Council thereon, said petition seeking the rezoning from "R-6 Residential" to "C-3 Commercial" of the in-City portion of petitioner's property identified as Parcel C, situated off the north side of Commonwealth Boulevard at the City's West Corporate Limits. Council unanimously cancelled its regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 27, 1983, which would immediately follow the forthcoming Christmas holiday period, with the under- standing that, if necessary, a special meeting will be called to consider matters of urgency. - Mayor Cole announced that, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the various public school systems, he has proclaimed the forthcoming month of December, begin- ning at twelve o'clock noon on December 1st, as "Virginia Reading Month" for the citizens of Martinsville. - Mayor Cole also reported on his recent correspondence with area representatives to the Virginia General Assembly relating to certain proposals under study, and pending legis- lative enactment, which would place a "cap" (in dollars) on certain construction work to be done by local government entities and over which "cap" such entities would award contracts to private enterprise.