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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />APRIL 13, 1982
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<br />The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia,
<br />with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, April 13, 1982, in the Council
<br />Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Barry A.
<br />Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis
<br />T. West.
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<br />After the invocation, Council presented service awards to eight employees who completed
<br />five-year incremental periods of employment with the City during the quarter ended March
<br />31, 1982, with employment service ranging from five years to--as in one case--thirty-five
<br />years.
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<br />Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council approved--as recorded--the
<br />minutes of its regular meeting held March 23, 1982.
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<br />Mr. William F. Franck and Mr. George B. Adams, Jr., Chairman and Vice Chairman,
<br />respectively, of the City-County Merger Study Committee, appeared before Council and pre-
<br />sented a status report on activities and preliminary findings of the committee in carrying
<br />out the charge to the committee to determine whether it will be feasible for the City of
<br />Martinsville and the County of Henry to merge into one governmental entity and/or to con-
<br />solidate all or some of the functions and services of the two governments. The committee's
<br />final conclusions and recommendations on this matter, expected to be made available by June
<br />30, 1982, will be supported by factual data and reasons. Meanwhile, Messrs. Franck and
<br />Adams informed Council that the committee, through special teams, is currently making
<br />public appearances to present these preliminary findings in preparation, should the
<br />committee make a positive recommendatiln for merger, for a referendum of the voters of the
<br />two jurisdictions, perhaps in November of 1982. Council acknowledged with appreciation
<br />not only this presentation but also the on-going work of the committee.
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<br />Council acknowledged receipt of--and took under advisement--a report entitled, "Martinsville
<br />Housing Study", as prepared by Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, and presented by this
<br />firm's Charles H. Barnes, Jr. This report revealed that, within sixteen enumeration
<br />districts consisting of 5,100 housing units in the City, 326 units (of which 47 are vacant)
<br />are sub-standard; whereas, from the 1980 Federal Census, the City had a total of 7,067
<br />year-round housing units, of which 452 were adjudged as being sub-standard. Recommendations
<br />in the report were as follows:
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