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<br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 24, 1981 <br /> <br />Tassel Trail, proposed that Geter Street's right-of-way be increased to the standard of <br />52 feet and (that) the City should spend more money in residential areas and less money in <br />the business district(s). <br /> <br />Council acknowledged receipt from the City's Electoral Board of certified abstracts of <br /> <br />votes cast in the general election held liovember 3, 1981, for the following City offices: <br /> <br />Candidate(s) <br /> <br />Votes Received <br /> <br />Office <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />Commissioner of Revenue J. Ronnie Minter <br /> <br />(Maynard'H. Gilley <br />Sheriff (Rudolph V. Steagall <br />(J. Randolph Smith, Jr.* <br /> <br />3,626 <br /> <br />3,165 <br /> <br />4,197 <br /> <br />2,517 (elected) <br />2,451 <br />1* <br /> <br />Commonwealth's Attorney J. Randolph Smith, Jr. <br /> <br />City Treasurer John W. Bouldin, Jr. <br /> <br />* write-in. <br /> <br />Continuing its consideration (from its I~ovember 10th meeting) of an assessment of $35,000.00 <br />by and from the Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia (MEPAV) to maintain the <br /> <br />..- <br /> <br />City's interest in the joint development of four U. S. Corps of Engineers' hydroelectric <br />projects (one of which and the largest, Council was informed, has recently been awarded, <br />through a preliminary permit, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to an applicant <br />other than MEPAV), and after some discussion indicating that the City's assessment for <br /> <br />on-going engineering studies might be somewhat less than that initially sought by MEPAV, <br /> <br />Council unanimously (upon motion, duly seconded) appropriated from Electric Fund surplus <br /> <br />the sum of (up to) $35,000.00 for payment of the City's pro-rata share of the MEPAV <br /> <br />projects cost. Meanwhile, Councilman Oakes expressed his growing concern with the number <br /> <br />of capital projects the City may be becoming involved in and, especially, the question of <br />whether the City will be able to finance these projects. <br />