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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1997 <br />Supervisors give conceptual agreement to this expenditure as long as <br />the proposals did not exceed the budgeted amount of $80,000. Following <br />consultation with City Attorney David Worthy, the City Council unani- <br />mously approved Mr. Reeves' request. On the advice of Mr. Summerlin, <br />the Board agreed that it would act on'this matter at a later date. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimous approval, Council and the <br /> <br />Board adopted the following joint Resolution requesting legislative <br /> <br />changes regarding compensation of Social Services Board Members: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 63.1-47 of the Code of Virginia specifies each member <br />of the local Social Services Board of a county, city, or district shall <br />be paid his necessary travelling and other expenses incurred when <br />attending meetings, or otherwise while engaged in the discharge of his <br />duties as such member; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in addition to such expenses, the council or governing body of <br />each city may, out of the general fund of such city, pay to each member <br />of the local board of such city, as compensation for servioes as such <br />member, not in excess of $600 per year; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in any county the amount of such compensation may be fixed by <br />the governing body of such county; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, no county or city shall be reimbursed out of either State or <br />Federal funds for any part of such compensation paid; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Henry County and the City of Martinsville have established a <br />joint Social Services Agency to serve the two localities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Board and council established an administrative board with <br />a total of nine members and desire to compensate members equitably for <br />service; now, therefore; <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Henry County Board of Supervisors and <br />Martinsville City Council that, on this 24th day of June, 1997, the <br />Board and Council hereby request the General Assembly delegation to <br />introduce a bill to amend Section 63.1-47 of the Code of Virginia to <br />allow the Board and Council to fix compensation of Social Services <br />Board Members at the level they deem appropriate. <br /> <br />For the record, Councilman Teague stated that CounCil's approval of the <br />Resolution did not mean that the Joint Board's compensation would be <br />adjusted. Councilman Teague's statement of clarification was acknow- <br />ledged by '~hairman Jack Dalton. <br /> <br /> <br />