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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 <br /> <br />was necessary to permit the keeping of horses used by the City's <br />mounted patrol unit at the City Farm. <br /> <br />Council considered a request by the Martinsville Transportation Safety <br />Commission that Council ratify amendments to the Commission's By-Laws <br />increasing the number of members on the Commission. David Ashwell, <br />Chairman of the Commission, requested an increase from 9 members to 11 <br />members in order to accomplish the following ob3ectives: increase <br />diversity to represent all sections of the City, provide more help for <br />special events, provide more ideas from a larger group, and assist in <br />conducting business when attendance is down. Upon motion, duly <br />seconded and by unanimous vote, Council ratified the amendments. It <br />was noted the two new positions would be advertised and filled at a <br />future Council meeting. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved a <br />supplemental appropriation in the amount of $2,886, to be taken from <br />the General Fund unexpended fund balance to fund the City's <br />participation in the expansion of the W. W. Moore Juvenile Detention <br />Facility and adopted the following Resolution: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the 1997 General Assembly has approved a bill to amend the <br />State Code to permit the W. W. Moore Regional Detention Center the <br />authority to borrow money to finance costs relating to construction <br />and/or renovation of facilities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it will be necessary to develop the legal documents to provide <br />for the establishment and the operation of a regional commission; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it has been proposed to increase the size of the existing <br />facility an additional ten (10) beds beyond the original intent, which <br />will require additional architectural and engineering work; now, <br />therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in <br />regular session assembled March 11, 1997, that it does hereby agree to <br />participate in the cost of legal, architectural and engineering fees <br />relating to the establishment of the W. W. Moore Regional Juvenile <br /> <br /> <br />