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,TUESDAY, JANUARY 1:}, 1998 CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA ORDINANCE NO. 98-1 WHEREAS, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of the City of Martinsville has been collecting, since the enactment of Ordinance No. 92-12, a fee of $2.00 as part of the costs in each civil action filed therein and in each criminal or traffic case tried therein, as well, for the purposes set forth in said Ordinance No. 92-12, and WHEREAS, the auditor of said Court has ruled that it should no longer collect such fees as part of the costs in such cases unless and until Ordinance No. 92-12 is mended' to provide express authorization for said Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court to do this, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session held on January 13, 1998 that the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00) be, and it hereby is, assessed as part of the costs in each civil action filed in the General District Court of the City of Martinsville, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of the City of Martinsville, and in each criminal and traffic case in said General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court or said Circuit Court in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance, which assessment shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which the action is filed and remitted to the City Treasurer and held by such Treasurer subject to disbursement by the Council for the construction, renovation or maintenance of courthouse or jail and court-related facilities and to defray increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity and ordinary maintenance. BE IT FLIRTHER ORDAINED that the assessment provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that, an emergency existing, this Ordinance shall be effective on and after January 13, 1998. Council next considered two requests from the Police Department related to appropriations for the FY97-98 Budget. Upon motion duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council approved the following: A. Accepted three donations totaling $3,000, and appropriated these funds to Revenue Account 01 000500-189055 -Donations/Police Department, for expenditure from Account 01 310100- 550401 O--Travel/Training Expense in the General Fund. B. Accepted a total of $3,000 received from two Highway Safety Mini-Grants from the Department of Motor Vehicles into Revenue Account 01-000500-240305 1--Grants/DMV, for expenditure