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RESOLUTION TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1998 WHEREAS, Martinsville and Henry County do not currently enjoy inter-city bus service and the citizens of our community desire this service; and WHEREAS, Martinsville City Council has received comments and requests on a regular basis at neighborhood town meetings and also through our comprehensive planning process from citizens requesting the re-establishment of this service; and WHEREAS, Martinsville and Henry County are strategically located on U.S. 220 and U.S. 58, two federal highways connecting Roanoke, Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina on a north-south line; and Danville, Virginia and Smart, Virginia on an east-west line; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Martinsville and Henry County should not have to travel to Roanoke, Danville or Greensboro to utilize inter-city bus service; and WHEREAS, Greyhound Corporation is restoring inter-city bus service to many small cities and rural areas throughout the United States; and WHEREAS, efficient and cost-effective transportation of people and goods are important to economic development that will result in economic stability, expansion of the tax base and job growth; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled January 13, 1998, that we hereby endorse and support the efforts of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce to re-establish this most important service for our community and appreciate the opportunity to join you in asking the Greyhound Corporation to establish this route. Council next considered the acceptance and appropriation of $50.00 donated to the Police Department for the Mounted Patrol Unit. Upon motion duly seconded, and by unanimous vote Council accepted $50.00 and appropriated the funds into Account 01~000500-189055--Donations/Police Department for expenditure from Account 01-310100-5404000--Mounted Patrol Supplies in the General Fund. There was general discussion at this point among Council about the need to find a better way to handle such items as the above, through a Consent Agenda or some other method. Mr. Reynolds responded that staff was working on this.