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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1992 <br /> <br />asking for financial assistance from Council for the new Budget year to <br />cover this expense. After much discussion of this matter, Council <br />asked the City Manager to research current laws that may be used to <br />control this problem or suggest laws that may be enacted by Council to <br />assist with this problem and report back to Council. <br /> <br />Upon motion, duly seconded, and unanimous vote, Council accepted <br />funding in the amount of $1,500 in Federal funding through t~e School <br />System and $2,500 from the Drug Task Force in support of the Police <br />Department's program (which will cost a total of $6,500) to develop <br />baseball-style cards featuring departmental employees along with a <br />safety slogan or anti-drug slogan. Chief of Police Terry L. Roop <br />explained the program and the hopeful benefit it will be. in educating <br />the public and especially students in the School System of what the <br />Police DepartmentJis doing for them. Chief Roop noted that there would <br />be 2,000 sets of 72 cards printed, 500 sets would be available for <br />$10.00 per set to card collectors and 1,500 sets would be distributed <br />free to children in the City. Chief Roop also noted that the Depart- <br />ment would not need an additional appropriation for this program, but <br />would be able to absorb it through the current budget. <br /> <br />Mayor McClain read a letter dated January 28, 1992, from Henry County <br />Administrator C. Lee Lintecum to Acting City Manager Lance G. Heater <br />which stated that the Henry County Board of Supervisors at their <br />meeting on January 27, 1992, had unanimously agreed to reaffirm their <br />commitment to a joint solid waste disposal facility with the City of <br />M~rtinsville, and the Board had also agreed to request a joint meeting <br />of both governing bodies at 4:00 ~.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 1992, <br /> <br /> <br />