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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1993 and youth and their families; and WHEREAS, one of the motivating factors for the legislation was a desire to control the escalating cost of residential care for youth who are placed outside their homes; and WHEREAS, funds previously awarded separately to local social services departments, school divisions, and juvenile and domestic relations court services units will now be combined into an interagency pool for,~ the stated purpose of giving communities more flexibility in the use of the funds in order to provide the most cost-efficient services for troubled youth and their families; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, in order to comply with Part I Certification for participation in the Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families, adopted a Resolution on February 9, 1993, that (1) designated the City of Martinsville as a single jurisdiction for the purposes of implementing the Act; (2) designated the City of Martinsville as the fiscal agent for the Act; (3) designated the City Attorney to be responsible for providing legal services related to implementation of the Act; and (4) established a Martinsville Community Policy and Management Team; and WHEREAS, Trust Funds in the amount of $216,000 for the 18-month period beginning January 1993 have been awarded to Martinsville, Henry County and Patrick County; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled February 23, 1993, does hereby authorize its Community Policy and Management Team to apply for and accept Trust Funds under the Comprehensive Services Act; and BE IT FURTHERRESOLVED that said Council does hereby agree for the City of Martinsville to serve as the fiscal agent to receive and disperse the granted funds. Council acknowledged a financial report for the month ending January 31, 1993. In response to a question by Vice-Mayor Adams regarding the Administration's renaming of the "Electric Capital Reserve Fund" as the "Capital Reserve Fund", Mr. Reynolds stated that the issues discussed by Vice-Mayor Adams as well as those voiced by several other members of Council would be discussed during the FY 93-94 Budget process as a part of developing a set of financial policies for the City. In matters not on the agenda, Gloria Hylton, Second Street, inquired as to contact made by members of Council with State legislators regarding two pending bills, one in the House of Delegates (introduced by