Laserfiche WebLink
<br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 24, 1978 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the foregoing funds (viz., the Federal grant of $38,501.00 and <br />the said Recreation Association's donation of $2,888.00) were never formally <br />appropriated by Martinsville City Council during its fiscal year ended <br />June 30, 1977, although said funds were actually received during said fiscal <br />year, toward the cost of renovating and equipping said City-owned property <br />for the purpose hereinbefore set forth; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said Federal grant of $38,501.00 has been expended for said purpose <br />and said donation has been--or will be--expended for the purpose attached <br />thereto; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in <br />regular meeting assembled this 24th day of January, 1978, that the <br />expenditure of said grant and donation for said purposes is hereby approved <br />and ratified and, furthermore, the failure formally to appropriate said <br />funds for said purposes was inadvertent and unintentional; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by said Council, in view of the foregoing official <br />actions cited, that said funds are hereby considered as having been duly <br />appropriated. <br /> <br />Upon recommendation of the City of Martinsville Electoral Board, Council unanimously <br /> <br />authorized the establishing (for 1978) of an Absentee Voting District (or Precinct) <br /> <br />to be located in City Hall. <br /> <br />Pursuant to suggestions offered by City Manager Noland, Council authorized the <br /> <br />inviting of bids, limited to "in-town" CPA's or CPA firms, for the conduct (and <br /> <br />reporting on) of the City's annually-required audit of its financial records and <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />affairs for the next three-to-five fiscal years, beginning with the current year <br /> <br />ending June 30, 1978. <br /> <br />Upon inquiry from Mr. D. B. Hanel, City Commissioner of the Revenue, Council revised <br /> <br />and/or increased its previously-esU.blished "ceilings" governing the qualifying by <br /> <br />local property owners for property tax relief, setting new "ceilings" of $7,500.00 <br /> <br />for income and $25,000.00 for net worth, pursuant to provisions of Section 58-760.1 <br /> <br />of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended) applicable to property tax relief for <br />