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October 1 O, 2000 <br /> <br /> A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, was held on October 10, 2000, in Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, <br />beginning at 7:30 P. M., with Mayor Mark Crabtree presiding. Council Members present <br />included: Mark A. Crabtree, Mayor; M. Gene Teague, Vice Mayor; and Council <br />Members Bruce H. T. Dallas, J. Ronald Ferrill, and Terry L. Roop. <br /> <br /> Following the invocation by Council Member Ferrill, Mayor Crabtree welcomed <br />everyone to the meeting. <br /> <br /> Council Member Ferrill moved to approved the Minutes of the September 26, <br />2000, meeting as amended; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following <br /> <br />vote, with all members voting: <br />Teague; Nays (0) - None. <br /> <br /> By general consensus, <br />Resolution to request Millard <br /> <br />Vote 5 - 0; Yeas (5) - Crabtree, Dallas, Ferrill, Roop, <br /> <br />Council approved for the City Manager to draft a <br />Flora, Operations Manager, U. S. Postal Service, <br /> <br />Roanoke, to appeal Postmaster Norman Biersbach's decision to deny mail delivery to <br />both sides' of .Liberty Street and Clearview Drive during construction. Vice Mayor- <br />Teague stated, '1 don't think driving to a central location is a fair option for citizens." <br /> <br /> Council considered adoption of Ordinance No. 2000-7 amending Chapter 21 - <br />Taxation, Article III - Tax on Purchasers of Utility Services of the City Code. Wade <br />Bartlett, Director of Finance, stated, "This is in response to change by the General <br />Assembly. The tax used to be on the purchaser; it will now be on the consumer based <br />on kilowatts used not a percentage. We had to restructure the tax, as all localities in <br />Virginia did. Of consumers, 86% of residential and 64% of commercial won't see any <br />change. Revenue by class had to be neutral." Mayor Crabtree added, "This is ~' <br /> <br /> <br />