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502 TUESDAY DECEMBER 23, 1980 2. That the ultimate expansion of the plant will require the issuance of bonds, requiring further adjustments to the sewer rate for debt service purposes. 3. That Wiley & Wilson be authorized to proceed under the terms of their approved proposal, as soon as an addendum to our current contract with PSA can be negotiated, specifying the cost sharing arrangements for the proposed project. In connection therewith, Council accepted and concurred in the following statement prepared by Mayor Greene, meanwhile unanimously directing that Mayor Greene and City Manager Edmonds request a joint meeting on these matters with the Chairman of the Henry County Board of Supervisors, Henry County's administrative official, the Chairman of the Henry County Public Service Authority, and legal counsel for these several governmental units: I was completely surprised today when I learned that there is sentiment among County officials to tie the proposed joint interim and long-term sewage improvements together with possible long-term joint water improvements. In my opinion, to mix water improvements with sewer is like mlxlng apples and oranges, and the effect will be to delay and complicate a problem which needs to be addressed now. This delay, in turn, will result in higher costs to both City and County citizens. The sewer issue is different than water for several reasons: (I) The planning problems are different. Water is long-term. Sewer is both short-term and long. (2) The timing of the two issues is different--We already have a plan for sewer--Wiley & Wilson won't report on the City's future water needs and make proposals for three more months. (3) The legal issues are different -- Sewer is bound by a contract hammered out years ago. The lawyers haven't begun to discuss a water contract. In all of our conversations with PSA there has been no mention that the long-range water problems and the immediate problem of sewer are to be considered together as a package. Briefly, the background of the issue is as follows: The City and County are operating a joint 6 MGD sewage plant. Because the plant is near capacity, the City and County are required by law to submit plans for long-term expansion. If we fail to submit the plans, we face the possibility of a cutoff of future connections. There is a well-known odor problem associated with the plant. Months ago, the Martinsville City Council hired the firm of Dewberry, Nealon and Davis to investigate the odor problem. About the same time, Council hired Wiley & Wilson to begin their thinking on intermediate and long-term expansion of the plant. Mr. Garland Page of Wiley & Wilson and Mr. William Overman