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MINUTES PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PRESENTATION: DRUNK DRIVING TASK FORCE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Monday, October 1S 1985 .AT ?:10 p.m. IN THE Mayor's Office. ' THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Executive session to discuss personnel matters as exempted by Section 2.1-344(a)(1) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY 'Jeanne Cox (signed) MAYOR'S OFFICE - October 1S, 198S Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Barnes, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Absent: Dr. Gunter. On motion by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Dr. Hall, Council unanimously voted to meet in executive session to discuss personnel matters as exempted By Section 2.1-344(a)(1) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. COUNCIL CHAMBER - October IS, 198S Council met in regular session with the following members present: Mr. Barnes, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Absent: Dr. Gunter. On motion by Mrs'. Gleason, ~conded by Mr. Barnes, the minutes of September 12 were unanimously approved as presented. On motion by Dr. Hall, seconded by Mrs. Gleason, the minutes of September l?th were unanimously approved as corrected. On motion by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Dr. Hall, the minutes of September 24th were unanimously approved as presented, with Mrs. Gleason abstaining. There were no matters by the public. On nomination by Mrs. Gleason, Kimberly Walker, Rose Farber, Marie-Jose Derdeyn and Mary Ellen Wilkinson were unanimously appointed to the Youth Commission. Ms. Walker's term shall expire September 30, 198S. The terms of Ms. Farber, Ms. Derdeyn and Ms. Wilkinson shall expire September 30, 1987. On nomination by Mr. Barnes, Mr. Gary O'Connell was unanimously reappointed to a three-year term on the Jefferson Area United Transportation Board (JAUNT). This term shall- expire September 30, 1987. Mrs. Betty Scott, Executive Director of the Drunk Driving Task Force, presented the following major recommendations Of the Task Force: 1) develop a public information officer position to maintain awareness of the drunken driver problem, and to develop .volunteer community resources for continued public education, 2) organize highway safety committees to have access to funds aimed at increasing the arrests of drunken drivers, 3) selective enforcement activities coordinated with a media campaign, 4) a system of collecting and analyzing local data on drunk driving related crashes, arrests and convictions, S) a steering committee composed of task force members should be organized to monitor the implementation of all the recommendations in this report, 6) request state legislators~ support of state task force recommendations which require legislative change that are supported by this task force, 5) a statute should be enacted mandating the impoundment of the operator license by a magistrate, at the time of arrest for operating a motor vehicle with a BAC.of .15% or above, and 8) the restricted operator's license described in Sec. 18.2-271.1 of the Code of Virginia should be abolished.