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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1993 WHEREAS, Section 24.1-233.1 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, provides that for the purpose of counting and recording absentee ballots in elections that the governing body of any city may establish one or more central absentee voter election districts in the courthouse or other public buildings of said city; and WHEREAS, said statute provides that the decision to establish such district or districts shall be made by the governing body of said city by ordinance, which ordinance shall state for which elections such district or districts shall be used; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled on July 13, 1993, that there shall be but one central absentee voter election district in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and that the same shall be located in Room 200, Martinsville Municipal Building, 55 West Church Street, Martinsville, Virginia 24112, and shall be used for all elections; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that an emergency exists, and that this ordinance shall therefore become effective immediately, but shall not be enforced or administered until it has been submitted to the U. S. Attorney General and the Attorney General has interposed no objection within a 60-day period following submission, and, for that reason, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the City Attorney be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to make said submission to the Chief, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, P. O. Box 66128, Washington, D.C. 20035-6128. Council considered a request from Deborah S. Harris, Director of FOCUS, regarding rental of City-owned property at 17 Moss Street. During FY 92-93, FOCUS had leased this property for $90 per month. Ms. Harris requested that Council authorize the City Manager to execute a lease for $1 for FY 93-94. Mr. Reynolds said that under the lease FOCUS was responsible for custodial and minor maintenance services on the building and the City was responsible for any major repairs. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council authorized the City Manager' to execute the lease for $1 for FY 93-94. Council deferred action on a request by the Circuit Court Clerk for a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $161,933 in order to allow Circuit Court Clerk employees to be issued payroll checks through the City's Finance Department. Council deferred action until Ashby