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TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1989 <br /> <br />Company the right to operate within the City for another thirty-year period, <br />subject to conditions set forth in said proposed franchise ordinance) once a <br />week for four successive weeks, and (2) adopted a resolution extending the <br />present franchise rights to Southwestern Virginia Gas Company for a period of <br />ninety days or until a new franchise ordinance is duly adopted, whichever is <br />sooner. The adopted resolution follows: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the franchise of Southwestern Virginia Gas Company to <br />operate in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, expires on July 31, <br />1989; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the said Company and the City of Martinsville have agreed <br />upon a new franchise granting said Company the rightto continue to <br />operate in said City for an additional thirty (30) years, and to <br />use the City's streets, rights of way, alleys, avenues, highways, <br />and any other public places in the City for the purpose of laying <br />and maint~ining gas mains, service pipes, and other appurtenances <br />necessary to said operation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the advertising requirements for said franchise and the <br />ordinance adopting same, are such that the City will not be able to <br />enact an ordinance adopting said franchise on or before August 1, <br />1989; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said Company will need consent from the Martinsville City <br />Council to continue to operate in said City until the ordinance <br />adopting its new franchise is duly enacted by said Council; now, <br />therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />Virginia, in regular session assembled on July 25, 1989, that <br />Southwestern Virginia Gas Company be, and it hereby is, granted the <br />consent of the Martinsvtlle City Council to continue to operate in <br />said City, and to continue to use the streets, rights of way, <br />alleys, avenues, highways and any other public places in the City <br />for the purpose of laying and maintaining its gas mains, service <br />pipes and other appurtenances necessary to said operation for <br />ninety (90)days or until the ordinance adopting its new franchise <br />is duly enacted, whichever is sooner, according to the terms and <br />conditions set forth in said new franchise as approved by said <br />Council at this meeting. <br /> <br />Council unanimously authorized the 1989-90 expenditure by Blue Ridge Regional <br /> <br />Library of Federal Aid to Public Libraries (Title III), in the amount of <br /> <br />$6,495.00, under the regulations of the Virginia State Library Board. <br /> <br /> <br />