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TUESDAY, MARCH 9. 1999 <br />1. The City Manager, as the Chief Administrative Official of the City of Martinsville, is hereby <br /> authorized to undertake the preparation of said application for filing with the Virginia Department of <br /> Housing and Community Development on or before the March 10, 1999, deadline. <br />2. The City Council of Martinsville, Virginia, hereby requests the Virginia Department of Housing and <br /> Community Development to consider and fund said application and program, said program being in <br /> accord with the regulations, use and expenditures of Planning Grant funds. <br />3. The City Manager, as the Chief Administrative Official of the City of Martinsville, is hereby <br /> authorized to execute a Planning Grant Agreement between the City and the Virginia Department of <br /> Housing and Community Development should this project receive funding. <br /> <br /> Council next considered authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement for the use of the City's <br />solid waste disposal facility by Henry County. Mr. Reynolds reviewed the elements of the new <br />agreement for landfill services, which had a term of two years, and noted that the only change from the <br />current agreement was an increase in the tipping fee, from $28.3'0 per ton to $30 per ton. He noted that <br />the average tipping fee in Virginia was $33 per ton, and characterized the fee to Henry County as very <br />favorable. Council Member Dallas noted that the fee represented a willingness to cooperate with Henry <br />County. Council then voted to authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement, by the following vote, all <br />members voting: <br />Vote: 5-0 <br /> <br />Yeas: (5) Crabtree, Dallas, Haskell, Roop, Teague. <br /> <br />Nays: (0) None <br /> <br /> Council next considered approval, on first reading, of Ordinance No. 99-4 amending Appendix A <br />--Schedule of Water and Sewer Service Rates of the City's Terms and Conditions for Water and Sewer <br />Service. Mr. Reynolds began the discussion on this item by stating that the City was blessed with an <br />abundance of good water, and that the idea behind the proposed rate change was to make this asset even <br />more attractive to water intensive industries, such as food processors. The new rate schedule <br />recommended provided a discount for industries that used more than 5.2 million gallons of water per <br />month. Mayor Crabtree noted that this new schedule would also provide better rates for existing <br /> <br /> <br />