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<br />August 26,2008
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<br />The regular meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held
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<br />on August 26, 2008, in Council Chambers, Municipal Building, at 7:30 PM, with
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<br />Mayor Kathy Lawson presiding. Council Members present included: Mayor Kathy
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<br />Lawson, Vice Mayor Kimble Reynolds, Jr., Gene Teague, Mark Stroud, Sr., and Danny
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<br />Turner. Staff present included: Clarence Monday, City Manager, Brenda Prillaman,
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<br />Eric Monday, Linda Conover, Leon Towarnicki, John Dyches, Kenneth Draper, Andy
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<br />Powers, Kris Shrader, Doug Gibson, Wayne Knox, Eddie Cassady and Ruth Easley.
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<br />Following the invocation by Council Member Mark Stroud, Sr. and Pledge to the
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<br />American Flag, Mayor Lawson welcomed everyone to the meeting.
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<br />Mayor Lawson recognized several Boy Scouts present at the meeting who stated
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<br />they were with Troop 63 and working on their Citizenship and Community Merit
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<br />Badge.
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<br />On a motion by Gene Teague, seconded by Kimble Reynolds, Council approved
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<br />with a 5-0 vote, the minutes of the July 31, 2008 and August 12, 2008 meetings.
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<br />After comments from Commissioner of Revenue, Ruth Easley, explaining the
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<br />local program of personal property tax relief that requires City Council to annually set
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<br />the relief allocation percentage that is anticipated to fully use the PPTRA relief funds
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<br />provided to the city by the state, and on a motion by Danny Turner, seconded by Mark
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<br />Stroud, with following recorded vote: Mrs. Lawson, aye; Mr. Reynolds, aye; Mr. Teague,
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<br />aye; Mr. Stroud, aye; and Mr. Turner, aye, Council approved the following resolution:
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<br />RESOLUTION
<br />SETTING THE ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN THE CITY OF
<br />MARTINSVILLE FOR TAX YEAR 2008
<br />WHEREAS, on December 13, 2005 by Ordinance 2005-8 the Martinsville City Council estahlished a local program of tax relief that serves
<br />the best interests of its citizens regarding personal property tax on qualifying use vehicles, pursuant to modifications made by the General
<br />Assembly of Virginia to the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998 (PPTRA); and
<br />WHEREAS, the city's relief program requires the city council to adopt an annual percentage of local tax relieffor personal use vehicles
<br />valued between $1,00 I and the first $20,000 that will fully exhaust the PPTRA relief funds provided to the city by the Commonwealth of
<br />Virginia; and
<br />WHEREAS, the commissioner of the revenue has completed the annual assessment of motor vehicles with Martinsville tax situs for Tax
<br />Year 2008; and
<br />WHEREAS, the commissioner of the revenue estimates that a percentage of relief of 50.87% applied to the Jirst $20,000 of assessed values
<br />for qualifying vehicles valued over $1,000 will fully use all available state PPTRA relief allocated for tax year 2008.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED hy the Martinsville City Council that 50.87% shall he the percentage of relief to be applied to
<br />the first $20,000 in value of each qualifying vehicle with an assessed value more than $1,000 pursuant to and in accordance with provisions
<br />of Sec. 21-10 of the Martinsville City Code.
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<br />Mayor Lawson read the following list of names recognizing city employees eligible
<br />for Service Awards-July 1 through September 30,2008:
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<br />EMPLOYEE
<br />Sharon Echols
<br />Cecil Lowe
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<br />DEPARTMENT
<br />Finance - Utility Billing
<br />Community Development
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<br />YEARS OF SERVICE
<br />20
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