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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1982 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Vice Mayor William C. Cole, Jr., presiding in the absence of Mayor Barry A. Greene (who was away from the City), was held Tuesday, February 23, 1982, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members--with the exception of Mayor Greene--being present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held February 9, 1982. Mr. Worth Carter, Jr., Chairman of the Martinsville City School Board, accompanied by members of the School Board, on behalf of a special joint committee (composed of Messrs. Carter and Harry Varn from the School Board, and Messrs. Cole and Reed from City Council) appeared before Council and presented jointly to these two bodies an interim report on the committee's deliberations and studies pertaining to the future usage and/or disposition of the facilities and property formerly occupied by the Joseph Martin School, vacated as a public school as of the close of the 1980-81 school year. The committee indicated that it has received a number of suggestions from the public as to the future usage of this facility as well as some expression of interest toward leasing the property for commercial usage and, further, will continue to invite and receive, preferably in writing, comments and suggestions as to such usage until May 1, 1982, following which date the committee hopes to present its final report and recommendations. Vice Mayor Cole, meanwhile, pointed out that some expenses for maintenance of this property have been--and are being--incurred by the School Board, for which, in anticipation of the usage question having been resolved before the 1981-82 school year, no funds were budgeted for 1981-82 and, also, that his previous comments in favor of this property being put to public use are not to be interpreted as implying or recommending that such usage be tax-supported. A special joint study committee (composed of Messrs. Cole and Reed from City Council and Messrs. James W. Wagoner and Joel Wilson from the Henry County Board of Supervisors, in collaboration with City Manager Don R. Edmonds and Henry County Administrator C. Lee Lintecum, Citizen Consultant Charles M. Russell, Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Roycroft, Mr. J. Norman Paulsen of the Health Department, and Mr. Conrad M. Knight, Architect)