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Approval of this item will allow jurors to donate their stipends to the Juvenile and Domestic Court Services Unit, Portsmouth Department of Social Services and the Portsmouth Community Services~Board. "During the 1991 session of the Virginia General Assembly, 14.1 -195.2 of the Code of Virginia was amended to permit jurors to donate their stipend to an authority that provides services to the courts of the City of Portsmouth. The specific language reads: "B. A county or city may provide by local ordinance that a juror 9ay direct in writing that compensation due him be paid to the court service unit or to any other agency, authority or organization which is ancillary to and provides services to the courts of the county or city." Those agencies which would be entitled to receive these funds are the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Services Unit, Portsmouth Department of Social Services and the Portsmouth Community Services Board. I, therefore, recommend that a local ordinance be established to allow juro~rs the opportunity to direct their compensation for serving the court to these agencies." Motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr. King the following ordinance was adopted and by the following vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH'~ VIRGINIA, 1988, BY ADDING SECTION 12-18 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO COMPENSATION OF JURORS." Ayes: Clemons, Corprew, Epperson, King, Hawks, Lucas, Webb Nays: none 91-298 Letter from the City Manager~recommending adoption of an ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia by amending Section 37-248 thereof, pertaining to tow truck and repossession removal of vehicles within the city limits. Approval of this item will incorporate specific language into the City's code requiring tow trucks and repossession removal of vehicles to be reported immediately to the police, and to limit financial responsibility where no report to police is made. "Tow truck operators and those persons or entitles involved in the repossession of vehicles are required by our ordinances to report any removal to the police. This information is required in order to avoid the possibility of these vehicles being shown on police records as stolen after they are not found by their owners. State and federal systems require information that is exact in order to avoid unnecessary criminal investigation, and in order to assist vehicle owners in finding their vehicles with a minimum of costs and delay. The proposed amendment to our Code brings it into l~ne with the technological advances in police information systems, and limits financial responsibility where no report to police is made. I, therefore, recommend the adoption of these amendments to our City Code."