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5 TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 1970 - City Manager Noland reported that, in order for the Virginia Department of Highways to proceed further toward developing plans for highway projects anticipated in the Department's recently-completed Transportation Study for Martinsville and Henry County, each of the local governing bodies must conduct duly-advertised public hearings on the Study and its findings, followed by a formal request to the Highway Department that it proceed. Council authorized City Manager Noland to so advertise, jointly with the Henry County Board of Supervisors if possible, pending the selection of a date suitable to both governing bodies and to the Highway Department. Continuing its consideration of the real probability that the City will soon be required (by the State Water Control Board), along with other municipal governments in Virginia now providing only primary sewage treatment, to provide secondary treatment of sewage, Council authorized the employing of Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, to develop a report necessary to the planning for and adding of secondary treatment facilities and necessary to the City's being in a position to file an application for aid funds from the State-Federal governments. In acceptance of City Manager Noland's recommendations, Council unanimously amended the City's employee annual leave regulations--thus amending Sections 1.9 and 1.10 of Chapter 1 of the City Code as well as the regulations adopted as of July 1, 1962, as amended--whereby said amended regulations will apply to all permanent employees. Council referred to the Planning Commission--for its consideration and recornmendation--a petition (dated January 22, 1970) filed by the Woodmen of the World, Camp 48, requesting the rezoning from "R-9" to "C-3" of its