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<br />WEDNESDAY
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<br />DECEMBER 8, 1982
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<br />Pursuant to call and action by Martinsville City Council at its regular meeting held
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<br />November 23, 1982, a special meeting of the Council, with Mayor William C. Cole, Jr.,
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<br />presiding, was held on Wednesday, December 8, 1982, in the Council Chamber, City Hall,
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<br />beginning at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of studying and considering further the report
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<br />entitled, "Water Rate Study - City of Martinsville, Virginia", received by Council at
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<br />its November 23rd meeting and prepared by Mattern & Craig, Consulting Engineers, of
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<br />Roanoke, Virginia. All members of Council were present, as follows: William C. Cole, Jr.,
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<br />Mayor; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; Eliza H. Severt; and Francis T. West.
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<br />After the invocation, Council reviewed the report with Mr. Sam H. McGhee, III, of
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<br />Mattern & Craig, with special emphasis, as suggested by Mayor Cole, on certain findings
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<br />and projections, particularly those sections of the report dealing with operating costs,
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<br />future capital expenditures, unaccounted-for water losses (i.e., beyond the acceptable
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<br />margin between amounts of water treated and amounts of water billed), and future
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<br />consumption projections. In addition, Mayor Cole raised the question, as subsequently
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<br />elaborated on by Councilman West and as pointed out by Mr. Ed M. Linker of Sale Knitting
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<br />Company and by Mr. Dwight Pemberton of Pannill Knitting Company, of increasing the water
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<br />rates within the time frame recommended by the consulting engineers, as follows, inasmuch
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<br />as these manufacturers have already priced their Spring-season production on the assumption
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<br />that the City's current water rates would not be increased on the dates proposed:
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<br />MONTHLY
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<br />Proposed
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<br />Consumption
<br />Up to 4000
<br />Next 2000
<br />Next 100,000
<br />Next 100,000
<br />Next 100,000
<br />Over 306,000
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<br />3.50
<br />.70
<br />.64
<br />.53
<br />.46
<br />.35
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<br />Over 206,000
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<br /> January 1, 1983 July 1 , 1984
<br />% Increase Rate /0 Increase Rate
<br /> 40 4.90>" 7 5.25>',
<br /> 40 .98 7 1.05
<br /> 40 .90 7 .96
<br /> 40 .74 7 .79
<br /> 39 .64 8 .69
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<br />Current Rate
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<br />* Minimum Charges
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