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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1998 DESIGNATION RESOLUTION FOR OPERATING COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS At the regular meeting of the City Council of the Martinsville, Virginia, on July 28, 1998, at which meeting a quorum was present and voting, the following Resolution was adopted. WHEREAS, Section 37.1-194 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, requires each City and County to establish, singly or in combination, a Commtmity Services Board for the provision of mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse services to'i~tg residents; and WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville already has established the Piedmont Regional Community Services Board pursuant to this statutory provision; and WHEREAS, Section 37.1-194 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, further requires each City and County to designate, in consultation with its Community Services Board, this Board as an Operating Community Services Board, an Administrative Police Community Services Board, or a Policy-Advisory Community Services Board with a local government department; and WHEREAS, the Piedmont Regional Community Services Board provides community mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse services, directly through its own staff or through contracts with other providers; and WHEREAS, the Piedmont Regional Community Services Board conforms to the definition of an Operating Community Services Board that is contained in Section 37.1-194.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended; now, therefore. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that the Piedmont Regional Community Services Board is hereby designated as an Operating Community Services Board with the powers and duties enumerated in Section 37.1-197.A and Section 37.1-197.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended. Council next considered adoption of a Resolution to transfer administrative responsibilities for the Office on Youth program to FOCUS, Inc., thereby merging the two entities into a new organization called FOCUS on Youth, Inc. Earl B. Reynolds, Jr., City Manager, provided information on this request, stating that dialogue between the two organizations had been ongoing for several months, and that the two Boards, as well as FOCUS Director Dwight Mack and County Administrator Sid Clower were all in agreement that the merger was a good idea that should result in better services for the youth of the community. He also noted that there was a State requirement that the local governing bodies agree to such a merger, and that such mergers were pleasing to the State. Council Member Dallas expressed his hope that the merger would give good children in