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(Of ') ,.;( ~ TUESDAY APRIL 11, 1978 Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council authorized Mrs. Kathy Childress, Senior Citizens Coordinator, to file an application, under Title V of the Older Americans Act, for a Federal grant of $27,548.87 which, with local donations and in-kind values of $7,328.00, would be used to purchase equipment for and make further improvements to the Senior Citizens Center, a project nearing completion, to be in operation by May 6th. Council expressed concurrence with a proposal submitted by a special study committee (composed of Henry County Administrator John M. Richardson, City Manager Thomas B. Noland, Piedmont Trust Bank President Irving M. Groves, Jr., Mr. Wilbur S. Doyle, President of Doyle Lumber Company, Mr. Roy E. Frith, and Mr. Larry Aydlett, Executive Director of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce) from the Martinsvil1e-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, requesting the governing bodies of Henry County and the City of Martinsville (and/or their representatives) jointly to meet with a professional in the field of waste management, along with the special study committee, looking toward developing plans for the most economical method of collecting and disposing of solid waste in the two jurisdictions, a matter which the study committee described as being urgent. On behalf of the Piedmont Regional Mental Health & Mental Retardation Services Board ("Chapter 10 Board"), Mr. Lambert Wood, Coordinator, presented to the City a check in the amount of $1,997.03 as a refund of surplus funds from the operation of the Patrick Henry Mental Health Center for fiscal 1976. Mr. James M. Tobin, Director of the Patrick Henry Drug & Alcohol Council, presented said Council's 1977 Annual Report which described the activities of this agency during 1977 as well as set forth services rendered during the year.