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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1991 felt the City-and.County should be equal partners in funding the Drug .Task Force. Several.Councilman praised the work of Mr. Cole and the Drug Task Force. Uponmotion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council tentatively approved the Drug Task Force's budget request in the amount of $17,110. Council considered the budget request of $5,000 ~from the Piedmont Arts ...Association. Ms. Toy Cobbe, of the Association's Board of Directors, was present to explain the request and to respond to questions from Council. In by Mayor .McClain,=~Ms~ Cobbe confirmed~%hat'. the Association had not received a State matching grant during the current fiscal year. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council tentatively approved the budget request from Piedmont Arts Association in the amount of $5,000. Council considered the budget request of $25,000 from the Martinsville-Henry county Family Y.M.C.A. In response to a questionby Councilman Adams, Mr. David DePriest, Executive Director of the Y.M.C.A., explained that the organization was cooperating with the Police Department regarding training of Police divers. In response to questions from Council, Mr. DePriest stated that Fire and Police personnel were not entitled to free full membership at the Y.M.C.A. as a result of the City's $25,000 contribution. Mr. DePriest,~ however, stated that the Y.M.C.A. would be willing to work on planning a fitness program for Police and Fire personnel. In response to a question by Mayor McClain, Mr. DePriest stated that the Y.M.C.A. currently had 125 individuals on its scholarship program and that the organization was willing to work with anyone who might be interested in obtaining such a scholarshipl Council asked Mr. Brown. to advise officials of the School Division ofthis policy by the Y.M.C.A. so that the School officials could refer "at-risk" students to~the scholarship program. Upon motion, duly 'seconded and by