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-~ _l TUESDAY DECEMBER 12~ 1978 --- BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of 11artinsville, Virginia~ in regular session held on December 12, 1978~ that the mandatory retirement age of all City employees~ with the exception of fire fighters and law enforcement officers~ shall be age 70, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that all prior regulations or policies of the Council of the City of Martinsville pertaining to mandatory retirement age (for employees) and conflicting in any way with this ordinance, including--but not limited to--those adopted on July 17, 1958 and September 12~ 1967~ be~ and the same hereby are, rescinded, --- BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that an emergency exists and (that) this ordinance shall be effective on and after December 15~ 1978, Council unanimously approved~ for relay to the West Piedmont Planning District Commission~ a listing of capital improvements projects the City might undertake through the year 1985 but without establishing any priorities therefor, being in the estimated total sum of $54,645~300, Council unanimously appointed Mrs, Marjorie D, Midkiff and Messrs, Herbert 0, Hughes (City Recreation Director) and James W, Hopkins (Assistant to the City's Public Works Director) to membership on the Martinsville-Henry County Clean Community Commission~ now in the process of being organized, ,- Upon motion~ duly seconded and unanimously carried~ Council appropriated the sum of $1~000.00~ as a supplement to the approved 1978~79 budget for the City Sheriff~ James L, Carter, for the purpose~-with budgeted funds-~of replacing one of the two City-owned cars used by the Sheriff. Council placed on first reading certain amendments to--and/or are-writing of--the City's employee grievance procedure, to conform with revised State statutes relating thereto.