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t38 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1989 In accordance with the requirements of subsections A. 1 and A. 3 of Section 2.1-344 of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended), and upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried by a recorded vote, Council convened into an Executive Session for the purposes of considering (1) nominees for appointment/ reappointment to certain boards and commissions, (2) a personnel matter, and (3) the possible disposition of City-owned property. At the conclusion of this Executive Session, Council reconvened into regular session and unanimously appointed Miss Melanie Hain, a Junior at Martinsville Senior High School, and (reappointed) Mr. Gardner Payne, a Senior at Martinsville Senior High School, as student-members of the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission for the current school year (1989-90). Council also unanimously appointed twenty-one local citize'ns to serve as a Blue Ribbon Drug Study Committee (to be chaired by Councilman Cole), most of whom--if not all--had previously volunteered for membership and service on this committee. The membership roster is herein made a part '0f these minutes as Addendum No. 2. Members of Council, by a recorded roll-call, certified that only such public business matters as were identified in the motion and action calling for the aforesaid Executive Session, and as are exempt from open-meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, were heard, discussed, and/or considered in said Executive Session. Unscheduled matters brought to Council's attention and referred to City Manager Brown consisted of a complaint (received by Councilman Cole) regarding the Inter-City Bus System and (of) Mayor Oakes' suggestion that many City street/ traffic signs need repairing and cleaning. Mayor Oakes then declared this meeting adjourned. W. H. Yeaman, Clerk of Council