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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1987 I - BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Martins- vi11e, Virginia, in regular session assembled June 23, 1987, that: 1. The Council hereby amends the Grievance Procedure, Section 8-3.2(f), Non-Grievab1e Issues, to state that "discharge, demotion, transfer, reclassification, suspension or layoff because of lack of work, reduction in work force or job abolition" are not grievable issues "except where such action affects an employee who has been reinstated within the previous six months as the result of the final determination of a grievance". ~ 2. The following sentence shall be added to the end of Section 8-3.2: "In any grievance brought under the exception to (f), the action shall be upheld upon a showing by the City that there was a valid business reason for the action, and the employee was notified of such reason in writing prior to the effective date of the action." The undersigned Clerk of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true, correct and complete copy of a resolution duly adopted by the City Council on June 23, 1987. City Manager Brown reported (by memorandum dated June 17, 1987) that, after many months of negotiations between the "APCo" cities in Virginia and the Appalachian Attorneys at Law, Washington, D.C.), a new wholesale electric energy purchase Power Company, under the guidance of legal advisors (Ritts, Brickfield & Kaufman, contract has been developed for the City of Martinsville with Appalachian Power Company, proposed to become effective July 1, 1987, and to continue in force for ten years, with successive one-year renewal options and with certain cancellation ~ options. In his memorandum report, City Manager Brown described the major areas of well as certain "highlights" of the developed contract and, in addition, pointed out concern on the part of the City during the development of the proposed contract as that, whereas Appalachian Power Company had initially sought a rate schedule which annual basis), the agreed-upon rate schedule (which will require formal approval of would have increased the City's purchased power cost by 5.89% (or $500,000.00 on an the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) will result in but an increase of approxi- mately 1%, or $97,000.00 on an annual basis, although Appalachian Power Company has the right under law to request increases in both wholesale and retail power rates at any time, based upon the cost of providing service. Mr. Brown also pointed out