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February 22, 2000 <br /> <br />members voting: Vote 3 - 2; Yeas (3) - Crabtree, Haskell, Teague; Nays (2) - Dallas, <br /> <br />Roop. <br /> <br /> Council considered a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to file an <br /> <br />application to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation for $70,000 to <br />fund a Feasibility Public Transit Study. Chris Whitlow, Community Development <br />Specialist, stated, "Last year, a resolution was adopted by the City and County for a <br />$9,600 grant, which isn't enough for a proper study. This grant only requires a 5% local <br />match, which would be split by the City and County, $1,750 each." Council Member <br />Dallas moved to adopt the following Resolution; the motion was duly seconded and <br /> <br />carried by the following .vote, with all members voting:. Vote 5 - 0;. Yeas (5). Crabtree, <br /> <br />Dallas, Haskell, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) - None: <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, in regular session assembled February 22, 2000, that the <br />City Manager is hereby authorized, for and on behalf of the <br />Martinsville City Council, hereafter referred to as the, PUBLIC <br />BODY, to execute and file an application to the Department of Rail <br />and Public Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia, hereafter <br />referred to as the DEPARTMENT, for a grant of financial assistance <br />in the amount of $70,000 to defray the costs borne by the PUBLIC <br />BODY for Technical Assistance and to accept from the <br />DEPARTMENT grants in such amounts as may be awarded, and to <br />authorize the City Manager to furnish to the DEPARTMENT such <br />documents and other information as may be required for <br />processing the grant request; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Martinsville City Council <br /> certifies that the funds shall be used in accordance with the <br /> requirements of Section 58.1-638.A.4 of the Code of Virginia, that <br /> the PUBLIC BODY will provide funds in the amount of $1,750.00, <br /> which will be used to match the state funds in the ratio as required <br /> by such Act, that the records of receipts of expenditures of funds <br /> granted the PUBLIC BODY may be subject to audit by the <br /> DEPARTMENT and the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and that <br /> funds granted to the PUBLIC BODY for defraying the expenses of <br /> the PUBLIC. BODY shall be used only for such purposes as <br /> authorized in the Code of Virginia. <br /> <br /> <br />