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<br />(\ R <br />~./ (j <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 13, 1979 <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that the Zoning Map <br />of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby-- <br />amended to reclassify, for zoning purposes, from t1R-6 <br />Residential" to t1p_2 Professional" that certain property <br />presently owned by Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Brammer and located <br />at 403 Starling Avenue. <br /> <br />Upon recommendation of City Manager Noland, Council officially indicated its continued <br /> <br />interest in a proposed reciprocal-pooling insurance plan for local governments and <br /> <br />agencies, now being coordinated by the Virginia Municipal League and as discussed <br /> <br />jointly with the Martinsville City School Board on October 15, 1979, with local insurance <br /> <br />firms to be kept apprised of developments from time to time and with no decision yet <br /> <br />being made by Council as to whether the City will participate in such a plan. <br /> <br />After accepting with regrets the resignation of Mr. James M. Wilson as a City-member of <br /> <br />the West Piedmont Planning District Commission's Public Services Committee, and upon <br /> <br />nomination by Councilman Oakes, Council unanimously appointed Mr. James W. Hare to <br /> <br />succeed Mr. Wilson for an unexpired term ending June 30, 1981. <br /> <br />At Council's invitation, Mr. Stephen W. Kendrick, CPA, a partner in the firm of Ford, <br /> <br />Hogg & Cobbe, Certified Public Accountants, in charge of the annual audit of the City's <br /> <br />financial affairs for the past several years, appeared before Council and reviewed with <br /> <br />Council the comments contained in the City's Audit Report for the fiscal year ended <br /> <br />June 30, 1979, under the following general headings: Cash Overdrafts (within certain <br /> <br />funds); Accounting for Fixed Assets and Depreciation thereof (particularly as to the City's <br /> <br />utility systems); Reconciliation of Bank Accounts; Treasurer's Cash on Hand (for imprest <br /> <br />operating funds); Procedures for Approval of Invoices for Payment; Purchasing; and <br /> <br />Purchase Requisition procedures. In addition, Mr. Kendrick and members of Council <br /> <br />discussed ways and means of improving the Central Warehouse operations and controls, a <br />