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<br />,) 1 ') <br />1..1 -'-_ "'" <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />NOVEMBER 15, 1983 <br /> <br />A special meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, pursuant to <br /> <br />action taken by the Council at its regular meeting held October 25, 1983, was held <br /> <br />Tuesday, November 15, 1983, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, beginning at <br /> <br />7: 30 P.M., for the purpose of being briefed by staff and by representatives of Wiley <br /> <br />& Wilson, Inc., Consulting Engineers, on a proposal- -and matters pertaining there- <br /> <br />to--to expand the City's water pollution control (wastewater treatment) plant. With <br /> <br />the exception of Councilman Francis T. West, who was away from the City, all <br /> <br />members of Council were present, viz., William C. Cole, Jr., Mayor and Presiding <br /> <br />Officer; L. D. Oakes, Vice-Mayor; Henry C. Reed; and Eliza H. Severt. Among <br /> <br />visitors present were Mr. Madison V. Hubbard, member of the Henry County Public <br /> <br />Service Authority; Mr. Robert W. Grant, Executive Director of the Henry County <br /> <br />Public Service Authority; Mr. John Dyches, Superintendent of the PSA's sewage <br /> <br />treatment plant; Mr. George B. Adams, Jr., Environmental Control Supervisor for <br /> <br />the local duPont plant; and citizens residing in the Mulberry Road -Meadow view Lane <br /> <br />area of the City. Representing Wiley & Wilson were Messrs. Tom E. Crush and <br /> <br />Maynard K. Jones, Jr., Professional Engineers. <br /> <br />Following the invocation and Mayor Cole's cordial welcome to visitors present, Mayor <br /> <br />Cole, in stating the purpose of this special meeting, emphasized the following two <br /> <br />points relating to the City's treatment plant and to the regional treatment concept: <br /> <br />1. The problem of sewage odor (from the City's plant) has <br />existed off and on for some five years, having begun in <br />July of 1978 coincident with the initiation of secondary <br />treatment at the plant; however, beginning with early <br />1983, the incidence of objectionable odor has been less <br />often and less severe to the point that most of the area <br />has been free from objectionable odors from the City's <br />plant. During this five-year period, Mayor Cole pointed <br />out, and as a result of the many complaints registered <br />through letters and telephone calls, much effort has been <br />exerted and directed toward abating and solving the odor <br />