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TUESDAY, July 23, 2002 <br /> <br />A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with M. Gene Teague, <br />Mayor, presiding, was held Tuesday, July 23, 2002, in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, <br />begimning at 7:30 P.M. The following members of Council were present: M. Gene Teague, Mayor; Terry L. <br />Roop, Vice-Mayor; Joseph R. Cobbe, Bruce H. T. Dallas, and J. Ronald Fen-ill. <br /> <br />After the invocation, provided by Mayor Teague, and the Pledge to the American Flag, Council considered <br />adoption of a Resolution approving an amendment to the City's Section 125 Benefits Plan. Mr. Earl B. <br />Reynolds, Jr., City Manager, summarized that the original plan allowed City and School employees to pay <br />eligible health, dental, and vision care premiums under a Section 125 Cafeteria Plan. Since then, on July 1, <br />2002, the employee benefits package was modified, thus allowing employees to pay eligible health care and <br />dependent care under a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) provision. Council moved upon motion duly <br />seconded, with all members voting: Vote 5-0; Yeas (5)- Teague, Roop, Cobbe, Dallas, and Fen'ill; Nays (0)- <br />None, to adopt the Resolution. <br /> <br />Council opened the Meeting for Business from the Floor. No one brought business before Council. <br /> <br />Council considered a Consent Agenda item, a Public Hearing, for August 13, 2002, upon a request by the <br />Planning Commission to amend Zoning Ordinance Section XIII, Business and Manufacturing Districts. Mr. <br />George Hayfield, Associate Planner, offered an overview of the request. Mr. Hayfield stated that during the <br />Planning Commission's June 27, 2002 meeting, a Public Hearing was conducted on the matter, on request <br />from City Staff. The proposed amendments place uses allowed by right and uses allowed by special use <br />permit along side each other in their respective business and manufacturing zoning district sections of the <br />ordinance. In addition, numerous outdated terms were removed and replaced by current planning <br />terminology and other terms changed for ease of understanding. One substantive change proposed is <br /> <br /> <br />