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TUESDAY, APRH, 13, 1999 FAIR HOUSING RESOLUTION OF THE MARTINSVILLE CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville strives to promote principles of Equal Housing Oppommity by prohibiting discrimination practices in the sale, rental and financing of housing and in implementing its housing and community development programs in a manner to affirmatively further the purposes of the fair housing laws; and WltEREAS, the basis for discrimination outlawed by the federal and state fair housing acts are race, color, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, age and familial status; and WltEREAS, the City of Martinsville believes persons of similar income levels should have available to them a like range of housing opportunities and will work to promote equality and freedom of choice; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Martinsville City Council that, on this 8th day of April, 1999, in recognition of April as Fair Housing Month, it does hereby pledge to work with its citizens in pursuit of the shared goal and responsibility for providing equal housing opportunities for all persons. Council next considered their Consent Agenda and approved the following action by the following vote, all members present voting: Vote: 4-0 Yeas: (4) Crabtree, Dallas, Roop, Teague. Nays: (0) None A, Accepted a $100.00 donation from the Exchange Club of Martinsville, Inc. for the Martinsville Transportation Safety Commission to purchase a bicycle to be given away at the Bike Rodeo in May into Revenue Account 01-000500-1899055--Donations/Police Department, and appropriated the same amount for Expenditure from Account 01-310150- 5415000--Miscellaneous for the MTSC in the General Fund. Council next considered the need to revise their work schedule calendar for their upcoming budget work session. Appropriate changes were made and agreed upon.