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<br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />APRIL 13, 1982 <br /> <br />----- <br /> <br />Acknowledging advance receipt of City Manager Edmonds' recommended City budget for the <br />fiscal year beginning July 1, 1982, copies of which will be released by Mr. Edmonds to <br />the public on April 17th, Council unanimously called for a special (work-session) <br />meeting of the Council to be conducted Tuesday, April 27th, beginning at 3:00 P.M., for <br />the purpose of considering said proposed budget. <br /> <br />City Manager Edmonds presented advance copies to Council of his proposed revisions to the <br />City's Personnel Manual, for Council's consideration at its forthcoming April 27th meeting. <br /> <br />Council acknowledged receipt of a quarterly report (for the quarter ended March 31, 1982) <br />on the status of the Martinsville-Henry County Rental Assistance Program. <br /> <br />City Manager Edmonds informed Council that the Virginia General Assembly (1982 Session) <br />has enacted changes in Chapters 1, 6, and 13 of the City's Charter, as requested by <br />Council from its regular meeting held December 22, 1982, and (that) the legislative bill <br />effecting these changes now awaits Governor Robb's signature, expected momentarily, before <br />becoming final. <br /> <br />Pursuant to applicable sub-sections of Section 2.1-344 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and <br /> <br />as amended), and upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried by a recorded vote, <br /> <br />Council convened into an Executive Session for the following purposes: <br /> <br />1. To consider nominees for a single appointment to the City's Transportation <br />Safety Commission for the unexpired term thereon of Robert C. Hall, resigned; <br /> <br />2. To consult with legal counsel on certain legal matters within the Council's <br />jurisdiction; and <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />3. To consider nominees for appointment of two representatives to the Executive <br />Board of the Dan River VASAP. <br /> <br />Upon reconvening into regular session, Council took the following actions on these matters <br /> <br />considered in Executive Session: <br /> <br />1. Unanimously appointed Mr. Dennis R. Hammack to the City's Transportation Safety <br />Commission for Mr. Hall's unexpired term ending December 31, 1984; <br /> <br />2. Authorized (by a vote of thre-to-two, Messrs. Oakes and Reed voting against <br />the authorizing motion) the payment of $16,000.00 to R. W. Beck & Associates, <br />the City's consulting engineers for the proposed Ridgeway hydro-electric <br />project, in settlement of this firm's request for payment by the City of the <br />sum of $120,000.00 in cost over-runs against the contract for Phase III-A of <br />