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134 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1989 Any adjudication that one or more provisions of this ordinance is 'invalid shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by said Council that this. Ordinance shall be · effective on and after January 1, 1990. In acknowledging receipt of a bid submitted under date of Augustl8, 1989, by Southwestern Virginia Gas Company for a franchise to operate a gas company in Martinsville for a thirty-one year term beginning July 1, 1989, and there being no other bids submitted pursuant to invitation duly published, Council placed on first reading an ordinance to accept Southwestern Virginia Gas Company'S bid. The record notes that Councilman Allan McClain, being President of SOuthwestern Virginia Gas Company, abstained from voting on--or taking part in--any question pertaining to this matter. The bid is herein made a part of these minutes as Addendum No. 1 thereto. City Manager Brown informed Council that, as a result of C0uncil's authori'zing action taken in meeting held January 10, 1989, invitations for bids were. recently advertised to conduct a comprehensive study of the Emergency Medical Services System serving Martinsville and Henry County, as previously requested by the area Rescue Squad Association and with the concurrence of the Henry County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Brown also informed Council that, as a result of the bid invitation (i.e., Request for Proposal), seven bids/proposals have been received, of which a bid/proposal submitted by Ram Communications Consultants, Inc., of Avenel, New Jersey, has been adjudged the most acceptable at a cost not to exceed $19,976.00, to be financed by $6,000.00 from the Virginia Division of Emergency Medical Services, $6,988.00 from the County of Henry,and $6,988.00 from the City of Martinsville. Representatives from the Martinsville-Henry County Rescue Squad (Messrs. John Potter, James Peverall,