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~3( TUESDAY MARCH 27, 1984 - Sale Knitting Company, the City's largest two water consumers) is responsible for odor problems encountered at the City's treatment plant, particularly inasmuch--through im- proved process measures--both Pannill Knitting and Sale Knitting are consuming twenty- five percent less water volume than they did two-to-three years ago when there was a water shortage in the City. Mr. Pemberton further asserted, in view of this reduced consumption, that blame for the City's problems should not be placed on local industries but, perhaps, on an increase in industrial wastes into the City's plant from outside- City sources. Mr. Joseph E. Finley (of 1608 Roundabout Road), referring to Mr. Thomas J. Womack's prior statements on this matter, and noting that the "West End" area of the City has not been without offensive odors when a City landfill operation was on-going in that area, inquired as to the effect upon the citizens of the "West End" area (presum- ably by measures taken or not taken by Council in meeting sewage treatment needs). Mr. P. J. Chaussy, of 1509 Meadowview Lane, equating proposed expansion of the City's treat- ment plant with a continuation of offensive odors therefrom, deemed the question as being what (be it diversion or expansion or a combination of approaches) is most approp- riate and efficient for the City to undertake in solving its sewage treatment problems and needs. Mr. Silver Cornelius Williams, Sr., residing at 813 Second Street, asserted that the City's treatment plant "....is too close to the City to start with.." and should have been constructed elsewhere. To Mayor Cole's suggestion that City Manager Edmonds resume negotiations with the Henry County PSA toward developing an agreement mutually agreeable, Mr. Edmonds noted that such an agreement has been developed, as set forth in Mr. Edmonds' proposed "letter of understandings" presented to Council on March 13th. Vice-Mayor Oakes, expressing his conviction that odor-control improvements are a necessity at the City's treatment plant, irrespective of what methods are selected to meet future capacity demands, determined that, on the basis of both estimated capital requirements and operating-maintenance costs recently presented to Council by City Manager Edmonds, the economics of the matter dictate expanding the City's treatment