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:30 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1972 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M. D., presiding, was held Tuesday, February 8, 1972, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., F. T. Renick, M.D., Mayor; Francis T. West, Vice Mayor; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. .- After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held January 25, 1972. Continuing from its meeting held January 25, 1972, Council gave further consideration to the proposal submitted by the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, viz., that the City of Martinsville and all other member-jurisdictions within the Planning District enter into an agreement establishing under specified rules and conditions a Law Enforcement Manpower Pool to serve as a mutual assistance pact under emergency conditions. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council agreed to enter into said agreement, with authorization given the appropriate City official to execute same on behalf of the City. Through Public Works Director George W. Brown, Council received a status report concerning requirements, plans, and procedures necessary to provide secondary treatment of wastes at the City's disposal plant, noting that: (1) Report required by Water Control Board and due by February 1, 1972, was so filed, in order to qualify for Federal funds and/or to make improvements to facilities; (2) Formal application for Federal funds, with Council's authorization for City Manager Thomas B. Noland to file such application by the end of the week;