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November 11,2003 A regular, semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, was held on November 11, 2003, in Council Chamber, Municipal Building, beginning at 7:30 P. M., with Mayor Gene Teague presiding. Council Members present included: M. Gene Teague, Mayor; Terry L. Roop, Vice Mayor; and Council Members Joseph R. Cobbe and J. Ronald Ferrill. Council Member Dallas was absent due to illness. Following the invocation by Council Member Ferrill and Pledge to the American Flag, Mayor Teague welcomed everyone to the meeting. Council Member Ferrill moved to approve the minutes of August 26, 2003, and September 23, 2003, meetings as presented; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following vote, with all members present voting: Vote 4 - 0; Yeas (4) - Cobbe, Ferrill, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) - None. Council considered approval, on second reading, of Amendment to Ordinance 2003-11 Bicycles and Mopeds amending Section 12-156a. concerning impoundment of unregistered mopeds. Vice Mayor Roop moved to adopt, on second reading, of the following Amendment to Ordinance 2003-11; the motion was duly seconded and carried by the following roll call vote, with all members present voting: Vote 4 - 0; Yeas (4) - Cobbe, Ferrill, Roop, Teague; Nays (0) - None: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session held on October 28, 2003 that Section 12-156 a., be amended to read as follows: Sec. 12-156. Impoundment of unregistered mopeds. a. When any police officer or other officer charged with the duty of enforcing the ordinances of the city shall discover any unregistered moped in any public place in the possession or control of any person, the officer may take custody of such moped and impound the same.