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, Enclosure #1-a 204 <br /> THURSDAY~ DECEMBER 10, 1998 <br /> A special and duly-called meeting of the City Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with <br /> <br />Mayor Mark A Crabtree presiding, was held Thursday, December 10, 1998, in the Lower Level Conference <br />Room, City Hall, beginning at 9:30 A'.M. The following members of Council were present: Dr. Mark A. <br />Crabtree, Mayor; M. Gene Teague, Vice-Mayor; and Council Members Bruce H.T. Dallas, and Terry L. <br />Roop. Council Member Elizabeth H. Haskell was away from the City and absent from the meeting. <br /> <br /> The purpose of the meeting was a Work Session on one item: (1 .) A discussion of issues related to <br />the City's landfill operations. <br /> <br /> The work session opened with an unscheduled announcement from Mr. Tom .Hamed, Assistant to' the <br />City Manager for Community Development. Mr. Hamed stated that he had recently attended a quarterly <br />state economic development meeting at which he had been informed that Secretary of Economic <br />Development Barry Duval would soon make public Governor James Gilmore's economic development <br />strategies for.the State, and that Mr. Duval and the Governor would hold a public event in Danville, Virginia <br />on Friday, December 11, 1998, for the purpose of sharing details of these plans. Mr. Hamed stated that <br />elements of these strategies would have special significance for Southside Virginia and the Martinsville- <br />Henry County area, and that it was important' for the City and County to have a good contingent of <br />representatives present for this visit. He indicated that the Governor was scheduled to fly into the Danville <br />airport at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, .that he would be driving the City's van to the event, and that members of <br />Council and staff were welcome to join him. <br /> <br /> Council then took up the subject of their work session, issues related to the maintenance and <br />operation of the City's land fill. Mr. Butch Joyce, of Joyce Engineering, Greensboro, Noah Carolina, led off <br />the discussion by stating that there was a very significant amount of landfill-related legislation being <br />proposed for consideration by the Virginia General Assembly during its upcoming 1999 session, and that a <br /> <br /> <br />