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TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 1981 .-- exception of cash overdrafts in the Sewer Bond Fund and the Federal Programs Fund, both of which have already been addressed, with a revised analysis of the Sewer Bond Fund presently being prepared; and with the exception of the Central Stores Fund cash overdraft, a condition in effect since the City's Central Warehouse was put into operation in August of 1954, because no cash appropriation for the purchase of stock inventory was ever made. City Manager Edmonds further pointed out that a special study of the history, concept and operation of the Central Stores Fund is underway and that a report thereon will be presented to Council in the near future. _. In response to suggestions designed to insure safe observances of Halloween, offered by Mrs. Kathy Kovac (of 708 Beverly Way) by letter presented to Council at its October 13th meeting, City Manager Edmonds and Police Chief Terry L. Roop informed Council that police officers will be on extra duty for the forthcoming October 31st observance and have been assigned to specific patrol areas, meanwhile noting that over the past few years problems encountered have not been generated so much from the "trick-or-treat" children as they have been from other sources. Council was informed by a special sub-committee (composed of City Manager Edmonds, Vice Mayor Cole and Councilman Oakes), recently appointed to study and make recommendations to Council on Martinsville Cablevision's recent request for an extension of its cablevision franchise, and on related matters, that legal questions have arisen with regard thereto and, through City Attorney Worthy, legal opinions on these questions are currently being sought from the Virginia Attorney General, following receipt of which the sub-committee should be in a position to make its report. City Manager Edmonds presented to Council a written report on the status of electric generation projects being pursued by the Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia (i.e., MEPAV), of which the City is a member, preparatory to Council's consideration and discussion of the report at its forthcoming November 10th meeting. City Manager Edmonds and Police Lieutenant Kermit L. Kanode (the latter being the coordinator of the 1981 United Fund Campaign for City employees) reported that the response from City employees in pledging-contributing to the local 1981 United Fund Campaign has been most gratifying in that their 1981 giving represents a 30% increase over that for 1980, with ten (of eighteen) departments receiving special United Fund recognition.