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TU'~SDAY, DECEMBER llr 1990 thgro~ghly and indicated some interest in the project, but were unable to decide at that meeting whether they could participate because of a number of unanswered questions that would require further study by the consultant. The Board agreed to participate in this study and suggested that a Committee consisting of-two representatives from the Henry and Patrick County Board of Supervisors and Martinsville City Council, along with the Administrators from each jurisdiction, be appointed to work with the consultant on an extended study of this issue. Council appointed Councilmen Adams and Williams and City Manager Brown to the Committee which will examine the scope of work involved with the additional study of this project. Mayor McClain reported on a response he had received from Delegate W. Roscoe Reynolds ~regarding a letter which Mayor McClain had written to area legislators expressing Council's concerns about bonding and sentencing guidelines for those accused or convicted of serious crimes. Mayor McClain reported that Delegate Reynolds indicated that the General Assembly has very little control over these matters. Delegate Reynolds stated that these matters might be better addressed'to the local judges. Council appointed Councilmen Oakes and Williams to a Committee to meet with the local judges to discuss Council's concerns. In accordance with Section 2.1-344(A) of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended), and upon motion, duly seconded and carried by a unanimous recorded vote, Council convened into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing appointments/reappointments to various boards and commissions, as authorized by Subsection 1 of Section 2.1-344 (A) and a legal matter, as authorized by Subsection 7 of Section 2.1-344(A). At the conclusion of this Executive Session, Council reconvened into regular session, wherein, by a recorded vote, each member of Council certified that (1) only public business matters