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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1988 WHEREAS, it is, in the opinion of the City Council of Martinsville, Virginia, extremely unwise for the Legislature of Virginia to imperil any necessary State functions by making them dependent upon uncertain future lottery revenues; and WHEREAS, the several Counties and Cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia have become, through the growth of under-funded and unfunded State and Federally mandated programs, and because of the end of Federal Revenue Sharing which at one time ameliorated the burden of such programs, unduly dependent upon local taxation, to the great distress of their citizens; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled December 13, 1988, that the Legislature of.Virginia is urgently enjoined to adopt legislation, in the form of an amendment to Section 58.2-4022 (D) requiring the Treasurer of Virginia to transfer to the governing bodies of the several Counties and Cities of Virginia, in proportion to their several lottery ticket sales volumes, not later than thirty days after receipt of the funds required by such Section to be paid into the General Fund by the Comptroller, and to be by the'governing bodies of such Counties and Cities disposed of as to them (and to their citizens) seems best in light of local requirements and needs. The City Clerk is directed to forward a true copy of this Resolution to the Honorable Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Senator, 20th Senatorial District; the Honorable A. L. Philport, Speaker of the House, 10th District; and the Honorable W. Roscoe Reynolds, · Delegate, llth District. Council acknowledged receipt of a letter from Phyllis A. Parrent, M.D., Chairman of the Emergency Department of Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County, in which Dr. Parrent and her associates, while appreciative of the time and efforts put forth by emergency service volunteers (i.e., volunteer rescue squads) but of the opinion that such service is not now effective, strongly recommended that at least sixteen (16) paid paramedics be full-time employed to provide emergency pre-hospital care for the area and that the Medical Director required for the system, who presently serve without compensation, be paid a stipend.