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May 14, 2002 <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of'the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, in regular session held on April 23, 2002 that Section 1-16 <br />be added to Chapter 1 of the Martinsville Code to read as follows: <br />Sec. 1~16, Special assessment for funding of courthouse <br />security personnel as part of costs in criminal and traffic <br />cases. <br />Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be assessed as part of the costs in each <br />criminal and traffic case in the General District Court of the City of <br />Martinsville or in the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville in which <br />the defendant is convicted of a violation of any statute or ordinance, <br />pursuant to the provisions of Section 53.1-120D. of the 1950 Code <br />of Virginia, as amended. Such assessment shall be collected by <br />the clerk of court in which the case is heard, remitted to the city <br />treasurer and held by such treasurer subject to appropriation by this <br />Council to the sheriffs office for the funding of courthouse security <br />personnel. This assessment shall be in addition to all other costs <br />prescribed by law. <br /> <br />Council considered a request by the Virginia Municipal League to submit <br /> <br />nominations for membership on the VML 2002 Policy Committees. Council Member <br /> <br />Dallas moved to submit the following nominations - Council Member-Elect Joseph A. <br /> <br />Cobbe, Environmental Quality, Council Member Ferrill, Finance, Vice Mayor Teague, <br /> <br />General Laws, Council Member Dallas, Human Development and Education, and <br /> <br />Council Member Roop, Transportation; the motion was duly seconded and carried by <br /> <br />the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 - 0; Yeas (5) - Crabtree, Dallas, <br /> <br />Ferrill, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) - None. <br /> <br />Council considered business from the floor, but there was none. <br /> <br />Council considered a summary presentation of the proposed FY02-03 budget <br /> <br />and establishment of budget work sessions. Earl B. Reynolds, Jr., City Manager, made <br /> <br />the presentation. By general consensus and no vote taken, Council established the <br /> <br />following budget work sessions: Monday, May 20, 2002, 6:00-9:00 P. M.; Tuesday, <br /> <br /> <br />