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TUESDAY. APRIL 23, 1991 Assembly,~ both the!~ Charter and Section '15.1-901 were amended to allow-City ordinance violations to completel. y parallel State law. Therefore, this Ordinance will increase the fine for a Class 1 misdemeanor from $1,000 to $2,500. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the Ordinance on first reading. ..Council considered adoption, on first reading, of Ordinance No. 91-3 amending Sectional3-5. Obstructing ~Justice, of Chapter 13 Offenses-Miscellaneous, of the City Code. Mr. Smith explained that this section of the City Code has been made obsol-ete by amendments to the State Code. The proposed ordinance reflects .the new addition adopted for Section 18.2-460 of the-State Code. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the Ordinance on first reading. Council considered adoption, on second reading, of Ordinance No. ~- 91-4 amending Ordinance No. 88-1 regarding annual compensation for-members of Council. Councilman Adams noted that the reduction in salaries for the Mayor and members of Council as proposed in the Ordinance would be effective for Fiscal Year 1991-92 only. Mayor McClain noted that the Ordinance would become effective 10 days after adoption. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Ordinance No. 91-4: WHEREAS, Section 14.1-47.2, of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended), authorizes this Council, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, to set annual salaries by ordinance for the Mayor and each member of Council not to. exceed $7,000 for the Mayor and $6,500 for Councilmen per year, and this Council is desirous of exercising this authority; now, therefore, · BE - IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, assembled this 23rd day of April, 1991, that the annual salaries of the Mayor and each member of Council shall be-as follows: Mayor $160 for each regular or special meeting attended, however not to exceed $4,800 $7.000 annually;