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TUESDAY MARCH 24, 1981 ,,-- Council acknowledged with appreciation the following status report on the proposed (or requested) expansion of the Martinsville-Henry County Public Health Center, as prepared by the City's representatives on the preliminary study group: As you will recall, a Preliminary Study Group of City and County representatives was organized in November to review the building space needs of the Health Center. An initial meeting of this group was held on December 11, including: - Representing the City Vice Mayor Bill Cole Councilman Henry Reed City Manager Don Edmonds Representing the County Supervisor James Wagoner Supervisor Joel Wilson Acting Co. Adm. Lee Lintecum There has followed a number of meetings of the group with Health Center Director Dr. Elizabeth Roycroft and her staff, including inspection visits to the Health Center. In addition, considerable data has been gathered, and the organizational structure and mission of the Department has been reviewed in detail. The tentative conclusions of the group are (a) that the programming of the Center basically responds only to the legal mandates of the State and federal governments; and (b) that the Health Center is overcrowded and ill-arranged for most current purposes. For discussion only, the Preliminary Study Group has suggested to Dr. Roycroft the possibility of funding certain internal rearrangement of the current building layout (encompassing about 6,600 sq. ft.) and the addition of approximately 3,000 sq. ft. This is, of course, considerably less than Dr. Roycroft's proposed addition of about 21,000 sq. ft., and she feels that the group's ideas are somewhat less than the situation may require. We agree that such a minor addition should be part of a longer-range plan. No costs have been ascribed to the group's suggestion, but some volunteer assistance has been enlisted to review the work flow and space utilization at the Center as it is. Mr. Charles M. Russell, a retired industrial engineer from DuPont, has agreed to undertake this task, and his findings are expected by the group by May 1, 1981. A next step may be to consult an architect and to proceed with development of preliminary drawings and cost estimates. The matter of timing, cost-sharing between the City and County and many other details remain to be considered, and we will keep you advised as these questions are addressed. A statement of policy governing reimbursement of travel-and-miscellaneous expenses incurred by members of City Council was unanimously approved. _.._---_..,------~-- .