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April 13, 2004 A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held on April 13, 2004, in Council Chamber, Municipal Building, beginning at 7:30 P. M., with Vice Mayor Terry Roop presiding. Council Members present included: Terry L. Roop, Vice Mayor; and Council Members Joseph R. Cobbe, Bruce H. T. Dallas, and J. Ronald Ferrill. M. Gene Teague, Mayor, was out of town on business. Following the invocation by Council Member Ferrill and Pledge to the American Flag, Vice Mayor Roop welcomed everyone to the meeting. Angela Williams, a Patrick Henry Community College student, was attending for a school project. Council Member Dallas moved to approve the minutes of the March 23, 2004, meeting as amended, and the April 8, 2004, meeting as presented; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following vote, with all members present voting: Vote 4 - 0: Yays (4) - Cobbe, Dallas, Ferrill, Roop; Nays (0) - None. Vice Mayor Roop presented a proclamation declaring that Halloween will be observed on Saturday, October 30, 2004, in the City. Council considered adoption, on second reading, of Ordinance 2004-5 amending Section 12-11 of the City Code relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and 'other traffic incidents. Wade Bartlett, Interim City Manager, stated that he received no calls concerning this issue. Council Member Ferrill moved to adopt, on second reading, of the following Ordinance 2004-5; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following roll call vote, with all members present voting: Vote 4 - 0: Yays (4) - Cobbe, Dallas, Ferrill, Roop; Nays (0) - None: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in Regular Session held on March 23, 2004, that Section 12-11 of the Code of the City of Martinsville be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows: