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THURSDAY, APRH, 16, 1998 <br /> <br />Ms. Bell stated that the increases in her budget request were related primarily to pay raises for personnel and <br />Martinsville's share of the cost to house the '1Iefitage Collection". Mr. Reynolds stated that the proposed <br />budget contribution from the City was $280,000, and that the amount needed for the '~Aeritage Collection" <br />request, about $11,000 more, was not in the budget. Mr. Reynolds also stated that he had received <br />information that the State might be providing as much as $38,000 more to the library than expected earlier, <br />and that this amount might be used to offset the additional request. Mrs. Bell responded that there were <br />restrictions on the use of all but about $15,000 of the additional State funds, that all of these funds were <br />needed in other areas, and that the separate space in which the "Heritage Collection" was housed, which <br />provided badly needed room for growth, was the basis of the additional funding needed. Vice-Mayor <br />Crabtree then asked whether the Library solicited donations, and was told that they did. Mr. Reynolds asked <br />what might happen if they were not fully funded, and Ms. Bell replied that jurisdictions not fully funding <br />their share of the '~-Ieritage Collection" would have funds from other areas of their needs allocated to <br />support the '~Ieritage Collection". She emphasized that this collection was an important community <br />treasure. <br /> <br />Council next took time to discuss their schedule for the day, in recognition of the fact that they were running <br />behind their schedule at this point by more than a half hour. Council then agreed to reschedule the <br />presentation of the School System Budget Request for 7:30 P. M. on April 22, 1998. <br /> <br />Next to be heard was the Henry-Martinsville Social Services Agency. Ms. Joyce Martin, Executive Director <br />of the agency, was present to present her budget. Ms. Martin stated that her budget request to the City was <br />8.3% higher than the previous year, and that without the requested capital outlay improvements her budget <br />was up less than 1% from the previous year. She noted that included in the overall increase amount was a <br />10% average increase for salaries for her personnel. Council Member Teague asked Ms, Martin how they <br /> <br /> <br />