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<br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 1, 1977 <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />(b) Subsequently, and during this meeting, Council <br />unanimously went on record as requesting "the <br />State Corporation Commission to exempt Southwestern <br />Virginia Gas Company from SCC's order issued <br />February 1, 1977, to the extent of allowing <br />Southwestern Virginia Gas Company to continue <br />serving its Priority 3 customers at the current <br />30% level of normal requirements", this being <br />done at the request of Mr. McClain to assure <br />continued manufacturing operations in the area. <br />(2) LP Gas Supply: <br />Mr. Clay M. Roach, of DeShazo Oil Company, reported <br />that current needs are barely being met and, that <br />with the expected available supply soon to be <br />further curtailed, prospects are not good for <br />meeting needs during the ensuing month. <br />(3) Fuel Oil (for heating): <br />Mr. Lynwood Craig, President of the Martinsville- <br />Henry County Oil Dealers Association, informed <br />Council that, with present inventories and without <br />interruption of pipe-line deliveries, supply should <br />be adequate for next two weeks to meet needs and <br />(that) it appears that (with cooperation of users) <br />current seasonal needs can be met, pointing out <br />further that the effect of industrial gas users <br />converting to No. 2 oil is not yet known. <br />(4) Public School System: <br />Dr. James E. Calkins, Superintendent of the City <br />School System, reported that all local school <br />buildings are equipped with oil-burning furnaces <br />and that he anticipates no problems for lack of <br />oil (fuel) during the current heating season. <br />Meanwhile, Dr. Calkins reported, hours for <br />day-time heating have been reduced; some <br />night-time activities have been curtailed; <br />students are being urged to wear warm clothing <br />to school; and it is not anticipated that the <br />required number of school days will have to be <br />reduced. <br />(5) Frozen Water Lines: <br />Addressing Council on this facet of the current <br />crisis were: George W. Brown, Assistant City <br />Manager-Public Works Director; Mr. Richard A. <br />Prillaman, President of Prillaman & Pace, Inc.; <br />Mr. G. G. Lawing, of Lawing Plumbing Repairs; <br />John Lloyd Gregory, Fire Chief; and Mr. W. B. <br />Muse, III, Realtor. The consensus of opinion <br />pointed to as many as 300-to-400 frozen water <br />lines, with some having been frozen two-to-three <br />weeks; however, a subsequent survey indicated 177 <br />homes with frozen water lines. <br /> <br />,.-'" <br /> <br />33 <br />