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,. .' TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1981 - City Manager Edmonds, reporting on on-going efforts to secure short-term supplements to the City's water supply, informed Council that: 1. As of September 29th, the level below the spillway of the City's Beaver Creek Reservoir was twelve feet, whereas some eleven days prior it was 11~ feet; 2. The Henry County Board of Supervisors, on September 28, 1981, in response to the City's renewed request, refused permission to obtain emergency water supplies from Reed Creek separate and apart from the County's proposal made a part of Council's minutes of meeting held September 1, 1981, stating that the City Council has yet neither declared a water emergency for the City nor instituted mandatory water conservation measures and (that) the Henry County Supervisors consider its September 1st proposal to be in the best interest of both the City and the County; 3. The City is tapping all feasibly-available water sources, including the Lester Quarry; 4. Engineers' reports, dealing with the proposed development of long-term water agreements between the City and the County of Henry (or its Public Service Authority), should be available within the next week or two; and 5. On the basis of geologic studies recently made for the City by Mr. Adolph U. Honkala, CPG, involving possible well sites along Little Beaver Creek and Jones Creek, there has evolved a proposal to drill a well along Jones Creek (at an estimated cost of $12,000.00), for which bids are currently being invited. Council unanimously authorized City Manager Edmonds to proceed therewith. Councll was also informed that average daily water consumption in the City was 3.7 million gallons during September, whereas during the preceding month of August it was 4.2 million gallons, reflecting real efforts on the part of local citizens and industry to conserve water on a voluntary basis. Meanwhile, a number of citizens present spoke to this matter, dwelling on long-term measures to secure adequate water supplies for the City as well as the effect upon income and expenses (yet unknown) of on-going efforts to supplement the City's water supply and, at some point, the effect upon the City's water rates. ,- City Manager Edmonds announced the appointment of George B. Lavinder as Tax Collection Assistant, assigned to the City Treasurer's office effective September 28, 1981, a part- time position authorized by Council on July 28, 1981; and, upon motion (duly seconded and unanimously carried), Council appropriated from General Fund surplus the sum of $6,529.00 for salary and expenses of the Tax Collection Assistant through June 30, 1982. Council congratulated Councilman West upon his being elevated and elected to the position of First Vice President of the Virginia Municipal League at the 1981 VML Conference held September 20th-22nd.