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22,. <br /> <br /> WEDNESDAY~ APRIL 22, 1998 <br /> A special meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor George B. Adams, Jr. <br /> <br /> presiding, was held Wednesday, April 22, 1998, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P. M. <br /> The purpose of the special meeting was to hear a presentation from the Superintendent of Schools regarding <br /> the budget request of the School System for Fiscal Year 1998-1999. The following members of Council <br /> were present: George B. Adams, Jr., Mayor; Dr. Mark A. Crabtree, ViCe-Mayor; Elizabeth H. Haskell and M. <br /> Gene Teague. Council Member Bruce H. T. Dallas was absent at the start of the meeting, but was expected <br /> to arrive shortly thereafter. <br /> <br />Dr. Ira R. Trollinger, Superintendent of Schools, made the budget presentation. Dr. Trollinger thanked the <br />City Council members for their recent participation in a tour of the school facilities, saying that he hoped <br />they were able to see evidence of how School staff had moved forward in the implementation of the <br />technology plans that had been funded by Council. He noted that School representatives were currently <br />getting all necessary forms and applications together to apply for a new Internet E-Mail rate that would <br />interconnect all the schools and, hopefully, be acquired at a 70% savings over original estimates. Dr. <br />Trollinger then proceeded to review a number of capital improvements that had been completed or were <br />underway within the schools, some of which had been pending for quite some time, citing improvements at <br />the:Druid Hills School parking lot and the new sign at the High School as examples of this work. Dr. <br />Trollinger also mentioned significant savings in the costs of the improvements to meet requirements of the <br />Americans with Disabilities Act done at the High School auditorium, which provided more than $100,000 <br />for energy efficiency improvements and air conditioning at that same school, and the lease program of <br />refurbished copiers throughout the System versus purchase of new ones. Dr. Trollinger emphasized the <br />School System's commitment to saving costs wherever and whenever possible. He then provided a review <br />of activities within the operating budget that represented innovation during the course of the current Fiscal <br />Year. These included publication of school calendars, the establishment of a matching grants program to <br />recognize the efforts of Parent-Teacher Organizations, Innovative Curriculum Grants of up to $250 for <br /> <br /> <br />