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f-... TUESDAY MARCH 14, 1978 - Council was informed that, as a result of a recent canvass of City employees through the monthly employee newsletter, some 85-to-90% of those employees responding expressed the desire that the City's holiday schedule be revised by (1) substituting Easter Monday for Memorial Day and (2) substituting the Friday after Thanksgiving Day for Veteran's Day. Expressing some concern as to whether the City should interrupt its on-going services for such a long period as the Thanksgiving holidays and weekend might require, Council deferred action on this portion of the suggested holiday schedule revision, pending consideration at a later date and an administrative assessment of the effects on services of such an extended holiday period; however, Council unanimously authorized the granting of Easter Monday as a holiday, in lieu of Memorial Day, effective March 27, 1978. - With the support of the Honorable J. English Ford, Judge of the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court of the 21st Judicial Circuit, Dr. James E. Calkins, Superintendent of the City's public school system, and Mr. Jan C. Reed, Director of Court Services for Judge Ford's Court, and with the support and technical assistance of Mr. Earl Reynolds, Criminal Justice Planner for the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, the West Martinsville Jaycees presented a project proposal for the operation of a Neighborhood Youth Resources Center, to be located near the City's downtown business district and to be funded by the Federal Government's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, for which project the Jaycees requested the City's official sponsorship, meanwhile explaining that the West Martinsvi1le Jaycees would be responsible and accountable for the operation of the proposed center, including all bookkeeping and accounting transactions, with the City's sponsorship involving only the receiving and transferring (to the Jaycees) of Federal LEAA funds granted for the project. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council agreed to serve as the officia1 sponsor of the project, upon the condition(s) hereinbefore set forth and the mutually-agreed- upon revision effecting the proposed composition of the Community Council, which will guide the activities of the proposed Center.