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THURSDAY JUNE 8, 1978 A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor William D. Hobson presiding, was held Thursday, June 8, 1978, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 1:00 P.M., for the purpose of studying City Manager Noland's proposed City Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979. All members of Council were present, viz., William D. Hobson, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; Barry A. Greene; L. D. Oakes; and Francis T. West. -, After the invocation, Council began its study of the City Manager's proposed 1978-79 City Budget, being in the total amount of $18,436,875.08, which proposed budget--accompanied by the Manager's Budget Message--was presented to members of Council under date of May 26, 1978. Appearing before Council, in connection with the Social Services section of the proposed budget, were Welfare Board Members O. Randolph Minter (Chairman), David Gleasman, and Kermit E. Hairston, and Mrs. Mabelle S. King, Director of the Social Services Department, who informed Council that their departmental budget requests for 1978-79 might be reduced by some $20,000.00, which would reduce the City's local cost by some $8,000.00. Also appearing before Council were Messrs. Reed Wood and Lynwood Walker, Directors, and Mrs. Jean Maxey, on behalf of the two local Anchor Houses, who explained that--pursuant to State guidelines--the allocation of local budget costs have been converted from a population basis to a usage basis, thus accounting for a larger-than-heretofore cost to the City, plus the fact that the Anchor Houses' operating budget has been increasing from year to year. Councilman Greene pointed out that such a cost allocation results in Martinsville, with 21% of the jurisdictional population, bearing 41% of the localities' one-third cost share, excluding the fact that the