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ORDINANCE NO. 99-8 <br />CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by its ordinance numbered 91-4 enacted on October 23, 1991, Martinsville City <br />Council ordained that council members should be compensated at a certain sum for each regular or <br />special meeting attended, said compensation not to exceed the sum of $7,000.00 annually for the <br />Mayor and $6,500.00 for Council Members; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, §15.2-1414.5 of the Code of Virginia, which became effective on October 1, 1998, <br />does not permit a council member to be compensated at a fixed sum for each meeting attended, but <br />requires that each member of council of each city shall be paid an annual salary in equal monthly <br />installments for their services in attending the meetings of the council and in discharging the other <br />duties imposed by law upon council members; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session held on <br />June __, 1999, that the Mayor shall be compensated at an annual salary of $7,000.00 payable in 12 <br />monthly installments of $583.33 commencing on the 1st day of July, 1999 and on the 1st day of each <br />succeeding month thereafter for the remainder of the fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter <br />until this ordinance is amended, and that each Member of Council shall be compensated at an annual <br />salary of $6,500.00 payable in 12 equal monthly installments of $541.67 commencing on the 1st day <br />of July, 1999 and on the 1st day of each succeeding month thereafter for the remainder of the fiscal <br />year and for each fiscal year thereafter until this ordinance is amended; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that an emergency exists and that this ordinance shall become <br />effective on and after June 30, 1999. <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />Dewey P. Cashwell, Clerk of Council <br /> <br />Date Adopted <br /> <br /> <br />