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TUESDAY, January 9, 2001 3 members voting: Vote 5-0; Yeas (5)- Crabtree, Teague, Dallas, Ferrill, and Roop; Nays (0)- None, to adopt Ordinance Number 2001-1 as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 2001-1 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled on January 9, 2001, that Chapter 12--Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article III--Vehicle License, Sections 12-51, 12-53 and 12-55 of the Martinsville Code be, and it hereby is, amended, as follows: Section 12-51. Fee. The annual license fee for vehicles required to be licensed under this article shall be as follows: (1) Automobiles: Twenty dollars ($20.00), except the cost of a decal for a vehicle purchased after October 1, or whose registered owner did not become a resident of the City until on or after October 1 of the year in question, shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per vehicle. Section 12-53. Issuance of decal generally. Upon proper application, payment of the prescribed fee and compliance with other provisions of this article, a city license decal shall be issued for the motor vehicle liccnsed undcr this articlc for which said application was made. Section 12-55. Display of local license decals required; penalty. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 46.2-752K of the Code of Virginia (1950) and subject to the provisions of Section 46.2-755 of the Code of Virginia (1950), any resident of the Counties of Hem-y, Patrick, Franklin, or Pittsylvania or the Cities of Danville or Martinsville shall be required to display a valid local license deeal issued by the county or city of his or her residence on any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by such resident. Any person who operates a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in this city on which such a valid local license decal is not displayed shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. A violation of this section by the reeistered owner of any such vchiclc may not be discharged by payment of a fine except upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the required local license decal has been obtained. Council considered adoption of a Resolution. Mr. James Tobin, Executive Director of Piedmont Community Services, addressed Council and explained this request is for adoption of a Resolution to show support for keeping the Southem Virginia Mental Health Institute open in Danville for use by Martinsville and Henry County residents. Mr. Tobin explained that, this week, the Virginia Department of Health released a plan that called for closing the given hospital in six years as phase one of the plan. The concept originated as a recommendation from the Virginia General Assembly. Henry County, local law enforcement agencies, and Piedmont Community Services have already went on record in opposition of the plan. There is