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48 TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 1977 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 23rd day of August, 1977, that Section 5-1.1 of the Manual for Employees of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby-- amended to include the following: Employees with a minimum of one (1) year of continuous service, his or her birthday, which shall be taken on a workday approved by his or her Department Head during the month in which the birthday falls. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that, an emergency existing, this ordinance and amendment shall be in effect on and after August 23, 1977, and that said amendment shall be retroactive to July 1, 1977. Upon recommendation of the City's Electoral Board, Council authorized City Attorney Worthy to seek permission from the United States Department of Justice whereby the City's Registrar's office may be open for other than--and in addition to--its regular hours for the purpose of accommodation and convenience to local citizens. Mr. James D. Dean, Chairman of the Board of the Martinsville JAYCEES, on behalf of said JAYCEES, along with a representative of the Virginia Association of Community Action Agencies ("VACAA"), appeared before Council and informed Council that there is a good possibility of receiving a grant of $18,000.00 to help establish a full-time "winterization" program in the City, i.e., to continue on a larger scale and to implement a like program initiated and sponsored last year by the JAYCEES, wherein insulation of homes of qualifying citizens was done primarily by the JAYCEES. Mr. Dean suggested that, in the event this grant is received, the funds therefrom be allocated to the employing of a program coordinator, to the purchasing of a "winterization" vehicle, and to the funding of overhead expenses, noting that the City would be required to provide certain "in kind" services, such as providing operating