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City of Martinsville, Virginia Ordinance No. 2005-6 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of MartinsviIle, Virginia, in Regular Session held on June 13, 2005, Sections 2-25 and 2-26 of the Code of the City of Martinsville currently reserved, be, and hereby are, added to read as follows: Sec. 2-25. Adoption of rules and regulations. (a) The director of finance shall have the power to make reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter or other provisions of law or applicable ordinances, as deemed necessary to ensure the proper management, conduct, operation and control of the wastewater, water, and electric utilities. The rules and regulations shall conform to reasonable standards adopted or approved for the management, conduct, operations and control of wastewater, water, and electric utilities and may be altered or amended from time to time by the director of finance when the director of finance deems it necessary to do so for the proper management, conduct, operation and control of the utilities. No rule or regulation made by the director of finance pursuant to this section or any alteration or amendment thereof shall become effective or have the force and effect of law unless the director of finance shall: (1) Make such rule or regulation or any alteration or amendment thereof in convenient form, available for public inspection in the director of finance's office at least ten days before such rule or regulation or alteration or amendment thereof is to become effective. (2) File a true copy of such rule or regulation or alteration or amendment thereof adopted by the director of finance after such public hearing with the city clerk. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse or neglect to comply with or violate any rule or regulation made, adopted and filed pursuant to this section or any alteration or amendment thereof. 2-26 Good Neighbor Fund Utility Assistance Program. The director of finance may establish the Good Neighbor Fund Utility Assistance Program whereby the department of public utilities will accept tax-deductible donations from its customers and engage a nonprofit agency to disburse such funds to individuals within the department of public utilities' service territory who need financial assistance paying their utility bills issued by the city. Pursuant to section 2-25, the director of finance may also establish appropriate rules and regulations regarding the eligibility criteria for the award of financial assistance and the accounting, audit and control measures to monitor the disbursement of funds by the nonprofit agency.