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"'. q d_ TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1969 The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, with Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D., presiding, was held Tuesday, November 25, 1969, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at 7:30 P.M., all members being present, viz., Mayor F. T. Renick, M.D.; Vice-Mayor Francis T. West; Harry L. Boaz; W. Donald Hartford; and William D. Hobson. After the invocation, Council approved as recorded the minutes of its regular meeting held November 12, 1969. Pursuant to Council's recent request, City Manager Noland reported that he has investigated the feasibility of changing the City's policy to allow the postponing of sewer service charges during the period new homes and buildings are under construction and, while recommending that no change in the present policy be made, suggested the following--in the event Council wishes to change the policy--which Council unanimously accepted and adopted: (1) The City's present regulations, which require builders to provide sanitary facilities immediately after beginning a project, be rigidly enforced, i.e., through the installation of temporary flush toilet facilities or the use of approved portable chemical-type toilets; (2) The date for first imposing the sewer service charge shall be the date on which final inspection is recorded by the Inspection Division, copy of which record shall be forthwith filed with the Billing Division; (3) On such date, the water meter shall be read, from which reading shall be ascertained the total water "consumed" from beginning of project and for which--as though a single billing period--the sewer service charge shall be computed and billed. After the initial sewer service billing, such service shall be billed monthly; and (4) Water service shall be billed monthly, as to heretofore, from beginning of availability of service.