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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1997 <br /> <br />At the conclusion of this Executive Session, each member of Council certified that (1) only public business · <br />matters exempt from open meeting requirements were discussed in said executive session; and (2) only those <br />business matters identified in the motion convening the Executive Session were heard, discussed, or <br />considered during said Session. <br /> <br />Following their return to open meeting following this Executive Session Council took the following actions: <br /> <br />Upon motion duly seconded, and by a majority vote of 4 to 1, Councilmember Dallas opposing, Council <br />approved an Amendment to the Cable Franchise Ordinance and an extension of the Cable Television <br />Franchise to Adelphia Cable Communications, said extension to expire on December 31, 1997, as noted in <br />the following: <br /> <br /> CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 97-16 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville, Virginia, by its ordinance enacted December 10, 1991, to become <br />effective on January 1, 1992, granted Adelphia Cablevision a franchise to use property of the City of <br />Martinsville for a period of five years ending on December 31, 1996; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on January 14, 1997, Martinsville City Council adopted Ordinance No. 97~1 stating that the <br />provisions of the aforesaid ordinance and of the franchise granted thereby to Adelphia Cablevision be, and the <br />same hereby were enacted to take effect from January 1, 1997, through June 30, 1997 as a temporary franchise <br />in order to provide additional time for franchise negotiations; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on June 10, 1997, Martinsville City Council adopted Ordinance No. 97-12 stating that the <br />provisions of the aforesaid ordinance and of the temporary franchise granted thereby to Adelphia Cablevision <br />be, and the same hereby were enacted to take effect from July 1, 1997, through August 31, 1997; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, negotiations on a new franchise agreement and ordinance are ongoing, but will not be completed <br />by August 31, 1997, a necessity exists to enact another temporary franchise until a new franchise agreement is <br />effected; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled on <br />August 26, 1997, that the provisions of the aforesaid ordinance and of the franchise granted thereby to Adelphia <br /> <br /> <br />