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]°8 <br /> <br /> THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999 <br /> A special and duly-called meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor <br /> <br />Mark A. Crabtree presiding, was held Thursday, June 3, 1999, in the Lower Level Conference Room, Room <br />32, City Hall, beginning at 11:00 A.M. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the City's FY <br />1999/2000 budget, specifically those items relating to Personnel and other general departmental issues. All <br />members of Council were present: Dr. Mark A. Cribtree, Mayor; M. Gene Teague, Vice-Mayor; and <br />Council Members Bruce H.T. Dallas, Elizabeth H. Haskell, and Terry L. Roop. <br /> <br /> Mayor Crabtree opened the meeting and stated that this would be a paid meeting for the Council. <br /> The first subject for Council's consideration was requests for additional personnel positions. Leon <br /> Towamicki, Director of Public Works, began by stating the need for an additional position in the City <br /> <br /> Garage/Fleet Maintenance operation, that of a Service Writer/Parts Manager. Mr. Towarnicki ex~plained that <br />· there were only eight positions in the Fleet Maintenance operation; one Tire and Wheel Technician, one <br /> <br /> School Bus Mechanic, one Landfill Mechanic, three in-shop Mechanics, the Garage Supervisor and the Fleet <br /> Manager. He stated that two of the in-shop positions, the Fleet Manager and the Garage Supervisor, as well <br /> as the other mechanics, were frequently pulled away from actual vehicle maintenance to carry out work for <br /> which the requested new position would be responsible. Mr. Towarnicki stated that creation of the new <br /> position would reduce the compromise of time of those badly needed to carry out mechanic work on an ever- <br /> expanding fleet, provide greatly improved information flow between vehicle users and mechanics, and <br /> greatly improve parts acquisition practices by reducing costs and time delays for parts, improving inventory <br /> control, and improving data base information on parts needs. He stated that most public and private sector <br /> garages had at least one such position in their organizations, and many had more than one. In addition, Mr. <br /> Towarnicki noted that the ratio of vehicles to personnel in the City Garage was very high, that their <br /> personnel had to carry out most of their own purchasing, that use of jail inmates to assist in garage work was <br /> no longer possible, and that increasing technology such as the new mobile data terminals going into police <br /> vehicles was further complicating maintenance requirements. Vice-Mayor Teague asked what the typical <br /> <br /> <br />