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]'3'4TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER !3, 1994 Budget, thereby necessitating the hiring of four additional teaching personnel· Mr. Lamm noted the appropriation of $21,092 may not be sufficient to fund the added teaching personnel, however, the School Board chose not to request additional funding from Council at this time· Mr. Lamm stated the Board may reapp~oach Council in the Spring of 1995 if additional State ~eveDJies and savings in other areas are insufficient to fund the ~M~ded' ~C~erS. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council !acc~ted ~ appropriated the funds as requested. ~ Council considered several matter~ relating to the Community Development Block Grant for the Massey!Street Comprehensive Development Project· The first item was adoption of a ~al Business and Employment Plan. Kevin B. Reed, Director O~ ~Sing ~nd Community Development, noted that Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 requires that the Plan be adopted· In response to a question by Councilman Crabtree, Mr. Reed noted that adoption of the Plan would not affect other City projects· Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Plan: The City of Martinsville, Virginia (the "City") designates as its Local Business and Employment Project Area the boundaries of the City of Martinsville and Henry County. The City of Martinsville, its contractors, and designated third parties shall, in utilizing Community Improvement Grant funds, utilize businesses and lower income residents of the Project Area in carrying out all activities, to the greatest extent feasible. In awarding contracts for work and for procurement of materials, equipment or services of the City, its contractors, and designated third parties shall take the following steps to utilize businesses which are located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the Project Area are: The City shall ascertain what work and procurement are likely to take place through the Community Improvement Grant Funds.