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]48 <br /> <br />THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1997 <br /> <br />out other agencies that might be interested in buying or leasing the <br /> <br />property, such as the Y.M.C.A. <br /> <br />Noting that there were students from Martinsville Middle School in the <br />audience who were participants in the Youth in Government Day, Council <br />Member Haskell explained the FOI Act and how it allows City Council to <br />conduct Executive Sessions for certain issues. The Mayor recognized <br />the students and asked them to stand, identify themself and who their <br />mentor was for the day. <br /> <br />Council then proceeded to continue their review of the proposed FY97-98 <br />Budget, as follows: Page 82 - Contributions to Local Organizations - <br />Upon motion, duly seconded, and by a vote of 3 to 2 (Mayor Adams and <br />Vice-Mayor Crabtree) Council agreed to restore 85,000 to the Martins- <br />ville-Henry County Historical Society that the City Manager had recom- <br />mended be eliminated at a previous meeting. For the record, Council <br />Member Haskell had noted she was a Director of the M-HC Historical <br />Society and wanted to know if that would make her ineligible to vote on <br />this issue. Since City Attorney David B. Worthy had left the meeting, <br />a phone call was made to his office for an opinion. Dewey Cashwell, <br />Assistant City Manager, reported that Mr. Worthy said there was no <br />problem for Council Member Haskell to vote as long as she had made the <br />Council and public aware of her involvement with this organization. <br />Mayor Adams and Vice-Mayor Crabtree noted they were in favor of the <br />Historical Soceity's mission--to preserve the history of M-HC--but <br />expressed concern that the City was financially supporting a project'- <br />restoration of the old Henry County Courthouse as a Museum--when the <br />Henry County Board of Supervisors had not committed to the needed <br />repairs of the building. <br /> <br /> <br />