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,- :' ( } TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1980 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor Barry A. Greene presiding, was held Tuesday, November 25, 1980, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M. All members of Council were present, viz., Barry A. Greene, Mayor; William C. Cole, Jr., Vice Mayor; L. D. Oakes; Henry C. Reed; and Francis T. West. After the invocation, Council approved--as recorded--the minutes of its regular meeting held November II, 1980. Council acknowledged receipt of a check in the amount of $7,551.38 from the Commonwealth of Virginia, representing the City's pro-rata share of un-used funds allocated to the Henry- Martinsville Health District (i.e., Martinsville-Henry County Health Department) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1980. By letter dated November 17, 1980, and in person, Dr. Elizabeth W. Roycroft, Director of the Henry-Martinsville Health District and Health Director, brought to Council's attention "......the need for increased space at the Henry-Martinsville Health Department", noting that in 1964, when the Health Department building was completed with 4,500 square feet of space, later enlarged to 6,600 square feet, the staff consisted of a total of 13 persons providing limited medical services to a regional population of 65,411; whereas, at present, with the same 6,600 square feet of building space, the staff consists of 37 persons (some part-time) providing expanded services to a population expected to reach 96,700 by the year 2000. Dr. Roycroft further noted that the present building provides the equivalent of only 89 square feet per 1,000 residents, compared with the Lynchburg Health Department's 650 square feet per 1,000 residents and the Danville Health Department's 472 square feet per 1,000 residents, and that the proposed addition to the Henry-Martinsville facility would