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TUESDAY,' SEPTEMBER 26, 1989 Council also unanimously appropriated the sum of $5,000.00 to the City Sheriff's 1989-90 budget for the employment of part-time/temporary personnel, as recently authorized by the State Compensation Board, with the understanding that said sum will be off-set or reimbursed by a like amount by the Commonwealth of Virginia. In a report by Public Works Director Leon E. Towarnicki to City Manager Brown (under date of September 20, 1989), copies of which were relayed to Council- members, Mr. Towarnicki summarized a study conducted jointly for Martinsville and Henry County by Olver, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, dealing with the need for both jurisdictions to being recycling certain wastes/refuse to meet State mandated requirements beginning in 1991. Included in the study and report were the recommendations that (1) a joint cardboard recycling center be located at Henry County's existing landfill, (2) drop-off centers be established at v.arious locations within both the City and Henry County, and (3) the City and Henry County implement promotional and educational programs to encourage recycling and to maintain accurate records on the quantity of materials recycled, In an ensuing discussion of this report by members of Council, emphasis was placed on the need for the City/County to expedite and implement the recommendations from the study as well as to apprise the general public of the two governing bodies' interest and efforts toward complying with the mandates, which become effective in 1991 and become even more stringent in 1992 and 1993. Council deferred consideration of the status of the proposed Fayette Street Streetscape Project.