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TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989 A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City'of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor L. D. Oakes presiding, was held Tuesday, April 25, 1989, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council, with the exception of Councilman Alfred T. Groden (who was away from the City), were present, viz., L. D. Oakes, Mayor; Clyde L. Williams, Vice-Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr. , and Allan McClain. After the invocation, followed by Mayor Oakes' cordial welcome extended to visitors present, Council approved--as recorded, but with two revisions or corrections requested by Councilman Groden at Council's special meeting held April 20, 1989, as noted in the minutes of that meeting--the minutes of its regular meeting held April 11, 1989, and of its special meetings held April 7, 1989, April 12, 1989, and April 14, 1989. Upon motion, duly seconded an unanimously carried, Council adopted the following resolution which adds to--and makes a part of--the City's Emergency Operations Plan an Airborne Hazardous Substances Plan, as developed by the Martinsville-Henry County Local Emergency Planning Committee (and to whose members Council expressed appreciation for their developing this plan, including Mr. Benny Summerlin, Henry County Public Safety Director, who was present at this meeting): WHEREAS, the City Council of Martinsville is greatly concerned with the health, safety, and well-be~.ng of all its citizens and desires that the best possible emergency services be available to them; and WHEREAS, the Emergency Services and Disaster Law of 1973 requires that each city develop and maintain a current Emergency Operations Plan which addresses its planned response to emergency situations; and WHEREAS, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 requires the development of an Emergency Operations Plan which addresses Airborne Hazardous Substances; and