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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1998 <br /> <br />to purchase a computer and printer to be used in developing a special booklet/brochure for the First Offender <br /> <br />Program for the Office on Youth. She stated that the project must be completed in three months, and that her <br />office would then get to keep the equipment for their use. She also stated that there would be no local match <br />required. Upon motion duly seconded, and by unanimous vote Council approved acceptance of $5,000 in <br />grant funds into Revenue Account 01-000500-2403047--Grants-Commonwealth's Attorney Office for <br />expenditure in an account to be established by the Director of Finance in the Commonwealth's Attorney <br />FY98-99 Budget in the General Fund. <br /> <br />Council next considered approval, on first reading, of Ordinance No. 98-8 amending Chapter 5, Article II, <br />Section 5-18, Subsection (c) of the City Code related to the keeping of horses for the Police Department's <br />mounted police unit and for horses used for carriage rides. Chief of Police David Edwards spoke on behalf of <br />the proposed change, stating that the purpose of the proposed change in the Ordinance was to provide for a <br />facility near Uptown Martinsville to house the horses of the Mounted Police unit. He stated that the unit had <br />proven to be an extremely successful venture for the department, and that due to the pending loss of the old <br />City Farm property and the current Police stables, a new home for the horses of the unit was needed. The <br />Chief stated that Mr. Fred Martin, a local business man and property developer who had recently purchased <br />the former Sara Lee Knit Products factory building, had offered to build a barn for the Police horses on the <br />site of this facility. Mr. Martin proposed to also house the horses he uses to provide flee carriage rides in the <br />Uptown in this same barn. Chief Edwards stated that there would be no cost to the City for the facility, and <br />that Mr. Martin was willing to provide a legal document that would guarantee use of the barn to the Police at <br />no cost as long as there was a Mounted Police unit. The Chief noted that the cost of the Barn would be <br />covered by revenue from private fund raisers, beginning with a team penning equestrian event in the Fall. In <br />response to questions from Council, Chief Edwards also stated that the facility would be newly constructed <br />and would have security fencing and an exercise area on a twelve and one half acre site. Other merits and <br />elements of the proposed project were discussed, as well as the cost of the total project, estimated at $25,000 <br /> <br /> <br />