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-J TUESDAY MAY 12, 1970 Mr. Robert W. Grant, Executive Secretary of Henry County and Secretary of the Henry County Public Service Authority, and Mr. W. Roscoe Reynolds, Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Henry, appeared before Council and informed Council that a proposed contract drawn between the City of Martinsville and the Henry County Public Service Authority, by which the City would receive and treat sewage from the Villa Heights area (outside the City's corporate limits), can not be executed by said Authority inas- much as said Authority has no jurisdiction over certain requirements that might be imposed, and, furthermore, such a contract should be with the Henry County Board of Supervisors; however, in the absence of zoning and subdivision regulations in the County of Henry and with no assurance that such regulations would or could be adopted, the Henry County Board of Supervisors also could not meet the zoning and subdivision requirements set forth in said proposed contract. Council informed these representatives of its sincere and continuing desire to cooperate in every way with these agencies but that it could not forego or waive these requirements which have been in force for a number of years and which have been incorporated in all other agreements involving the furnishing of City utility services to outside users. By resolution from the Public Service Authority's minutes of April 20, 1970, the Authority requested "the City Council of Martinsville to proceed as expeditiously as possible with the consumation of a contractual agreement acceptable to both parties by not later than 25 May 1970" . Henry County Commonwealth's Attorney W. Roscoe Reynolds also addressed Council concerning the purchase option tendered the City on April 15th-16th by the Daniel Creek Water Company, whereby--if the City chooses to exercise--the