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.1 , f TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 1981 - Council was informed that House Bills Nos. 16, 17, 18 and 19, recently brought to Council's attention by Vice-Mayor Cole, will not be reported "out of committee" and, therefore, will not be up for consideration by the 1981 Session of the Virginia General Assembly. City Manager Edmonds informed Council that (1) the Henry County Public Service Authority has agreed to pay its share of the cost of interim improvements proposed for the City's Water - Pollution Control (Sewage Treatment) Plant; (2) pending the installation of these interim improvements, there is a good possibility that offensive odor problems will recur; and (3) as an attempt to prevent interim recurrences of offensive odors, the administrative staff is now considering the costs and related factors involved in the construction of an emergency lagoon. Council acknowledged receipt of a status report covering the Martinsville-Henry County Rental Assistance Program for the three months ended December 31, 1980. In a status report on the City's UDAG project, Council was apprised of the fact that this project, completion of which is forecast by the end of calendar year 1981 and relating same to certain portions of the City's grant application (approval of which was "conditioned", among other requirements, upon local industrial expansion already amounting to more than $20,000,000.00), can be credited with the creation of 1,085 new jobs. City Manager Edmonds reported that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied a request, recently filed on behalf of the area's governmental entities which purchase electric energy from Appalachian Power Company under wholesale tariffs, that APCo's effective date of February 1, 1981, for its proposed 19.2% increase in its wholesale power rates, be suspended