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May 13, 2003 <br /> <br /> A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, was held on May 13, 2003, in Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, <br />beginning at 7:30 P. M., with Mayor Gene Teague presiding. Council Members present <br />included: M. Gene Teague, Mayor; Terry L. Roop, Vice Mayor; and Council Members <br />Joseph R. Cobbe, Bruce H. T. Dallas, and J. Ronald Ferrill. <br /> <br /> Following the invocation by Council Member Dallas and pledge to the American <br /> Flag, Mayor Teague welcomed everyone to the meeting. <br /> <br /> Council Member Ferrill moved to approve the Minutes of the March 13, 2003, <br /> and March 25, 2003, meetings as presented, and of the April 8, 2003, meeting as <br /> revised; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following vote, with all <br /> members voting: Vote 5 - 0; Yeas (5) - Cobbe, Dallas, Ferrill, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) <br /> - None. <br /> <br /> The Martinsville Middle School Eighth Grade Scholars Class, under the direction <br /> of Anne Stultz, presented its work on "Project Citizen," a community problem-solving <br /> program. The three groups, respectively, recommended a skate park, a transit system, <br /> and a teen center. Council Member Ferrill moved for the City Manager to pursue these <br /> three ideas with the class; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following <br /> vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 - 0; Yeas (5) - Cobbe, Dallas, Ferrill, Roop, <br /> Teague; Nays (0) - None. <br /> <br /> Wade Bartlett, Director of Finance, presented the financial report for month <br /> ending March 31,2003. <br /> <br /> Council considered adoption, on second reading, of Ordinance 2003-4 amending <br /> Ordinance 2000-4 relating to the meals tax notification process used by the <br /> <br /> <br />