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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1996 Downtown Development Association. Present from the Association was Matt Kennill, Board Member of the Association. Mr. Kennill presented an Award of Merit to the Martinsville Uptown Revitalization Association (MURA) for its Halloween Masquerade Ball and Progressive Dinner. Receiving this award was Ellen Bell, Vice President of MURA. Mr. Kennill also presented an Award of Excellence to Gail Mitchell, recognizing her as an outstanding volunteer for MURA. Council considered adoption, on emergency basis, of Ordinance No. 96-3 deleting Section 2-75--Payrolls Generally of the City Code. City Attorney David Worthy explained that the Ordinance was being proposed because he did not believe Section 2-75 providing for garnishment of an employee's pay without due process was legal. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Ordinance: WHEREAS, a question has arisen as to the validity of paragraph (d) under Section 2075 of the Martinsville Code, and the City Attorney has recommended its repeal; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled on April 9, 1996, that Section 2-75 of the Martinsville City Code be, and it hereby is amended so that paragraph (d) thereunder be, and it hereby is, deleted therefrom in its entirety, as follows: Sec. 2-75. Payrolls generally. (d) Any amount duc thc city by an cmploycc may bc dcductcd and withhcld by thc dircctor of financc from any amount payablc by thc city to such cmploycc. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that an emergency exists and that this Ordinance shall become effective on and after the date of its enactment. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Resolution: WHEREAS, federal and state fair housing laws have the two objectives: (1) to prohibit discrimination practices in the sale, rental and financing of housing; and (2) to implement housing and community