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facility was over capacity at the time it was occupied and has since <br />· been double-bunked to allow for thirty-six; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of .Martinsville constructed a detached addition <br /> to the jail with a capacity of thirty beds in 1997; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville also operates a jail farm with a <br /> capacity of thirty-one beds; and <br /> WHEREAS, it has become increasingly difficult and costly to <br /> transport prisoners to other localities in the absence of local bed <br /> space; and <br /> WHEREAS, the present eighteen-bed facility. poses a danger to <br /> employees, the public, and inmates housed therein, and is in need <br /> of replacement; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville has been involved in a local jail <br /> planning study since October 1995 and has committed over <br /> $100,000 to this process; and <br /> WHEREAS, it has been determined that a new 160-bed jail facility <br /> should be constructed to replace the current jail and jail farm to <br /> meet the projected needs of our community through 2010; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City desires to secure State funding to assist with <br /> the construction of this 160-bed jail facility in the City as allowed by <br /> Title 53.1-82.2 of the Code of Virginia which provides twenty-five <br /> percent reimbursement of the eligible capital costs; now, therefore, <br /> BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br /> Virginia, in regular session assembled July 27, 1999, that it does <br /> hereby request approval for the project from the State Board of <br /> Corrections and does further agree to meet other requirements <br /> specified in Title 53.1 of the Code of Virginia which would entitle the <br /> City to receive the State's twenty-five percent reimbursement for <br /> capital costs of this project. <br /> <br />Council presented a plaque to Dewey P. Cashwell, Jr., for. his service as Clerk of <br /> <br />Council. <br /> <br />Council considered adoption of a Resolution approving Virginia Department of <br /> <br />Transportation's Liberty/Clearview road improvements plan as presented at Location <br /> <br />and Design Public Hearing on May 4. Council requested that. the future improvements <br /> <br />of York Street to the County line and Dillard Street to Commonwealth Boulevard be <br /> <br />mentioned; City Manager Ead B. Reynolds, Jr., stated that these would. be included in a <br /> <br />cover letter accompanying the proposed Resolution. Council Member Dallas moved 'to <br /> <br /> <br />