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<br /> ON MOTI•JN BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. MICHIE THE FOLLOWING CLAIM
<br />CLAIM AGAINST
<br />DOG FUND AGAINST THE DOG FUND WAS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT:
<br /> KITTY ARCHER CLEGG 52.50
<br /> A COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMISSION ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
<br /> ADVISING OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND INVITING THE COUNCIL TO
<br /> ATTEND OR SEND A REPRESENTATIVE. THIS HEARING WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE
<br />MATTER RE: PUBLIC HEARING
<br />COMMISSION ON PUBLIC
<br />QUESTION OF WHAT COURSE SHOULD VIRGINIA FOLLOW IN THE LIGHT OF THE
<br />EDUCATION
<br />DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE SCHOOL SEGREGATION CASES. ON MOTION
<br /> BY MR. HILL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, A JOINT MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD
<br /> WAS SET FOR OCTOBER 25, 1954 AT 7:30 P. M. TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
<br /> CN MOTION BY MR. HILL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE BUDGETS FOR THE
<br /> CITY-STATE OFFICES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1955 WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
<br /> AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER 16
<br /> OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE OF 2945, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING
<br />ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 16, ENTITLED 'LIBF-iARY BOARD - ELECTION AND TERM OF
<br />LIBRARY BOARD
<br /> MEMBERS - VACANCIES " WAS OFFERED BY MR. HILL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, AND
<br />UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING
<br />RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. DAVIS, MR. FORBF_S, MR. HILL, MR. MICHIE AND MR.
<br />WEINBERG. NOES: NONE.
<br />THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE WAS PRESENTED:
<br />OCTOBER 18, 1954
<br />TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
<br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
<br />GENTLEMEN;
<br />YOUR UTILITIES COMMITTEE, TOGETHER WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, HAVE
<br />CAREFULLY STUDIED THE MATTER OF A SEWER TAX AND A NEW WATER RATE AND
<br />RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND AS FOLLOWS:
<br />WE FEE1_ ANO SO RECOMMEND THAT A TAX SUFFICIENT TO COVER BOTH SEWER
<br />PROJECTS BE LEVIED AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE, THE ATTACHED PROPOSED SEWER
<br />TAX RATE, IF ADOPTED, WILi_ PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 5130,000.00 IN REVENUE
<br />AND iS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO COVER THE INTEREST AND RETIREMENT ON BOTH
<br />THE PRESENT SEWER PROJECT OF 51,200,000.00 FOR MEADOWCREEK PLANT AND LINES,
<br />AND THE REMAINING PROJECT OF 5800,000.00 FOR THE i''IOORE~S CREEK PLANT AND LINES.
<br />SOME SPECIAL HARDSHIP CASES MAY BE CAUSED BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS PROPOSED
<br />SEWER TAX TO APPROXIMATELY TEN OF THE LARGER MANUFACTURING PLANTS iN THE CITY
<br />WHO DO NOT DUMP A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR WATER INTO THE CITY SEWERS. WE HAVE
<br />REFERENCE TO PLANTS WHICH USE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER FOR STEAM, HUMIDIFYING,
<br />MANUFACTURING OF ICE, BOTTLING OF SOFT DRINKS, ETC. WE FEEL AND RECOMMEND
<br />UTILITIES COMMITTEE THAT IF THES[ PLANTS HAVE AN AVERAGE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER GREATER
<br />REPORT RE: THAN 30,000 CU. FT. THAT SPECIAL C~~NStOERATION BE GIVEN TO THEM. WHEN
<br />SEWER TAX AND NEW POSSIBLE, THEY SHOULD BF_ PERMITTED TO INSTALL, AT THEIR EXPENSE, A METER TO
<br />WATER RATE RECORD EITHER THE WATER WHICH WILL, OR WILL NOT, ULTIMATELY REACH THE CITY
<br />SEWERS. IF THIS IS NOT PRACTICABLE THEN WE SUGGEST THAT A SPECIAL COMMITTEE
<br />DETERMINE IN EACH CASE THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF WATER WHICH WILL OR WILL
<br />NOT REACH THE CITY SEWERS AND TO ESTABLISH A FORMULA WHICH WILL GIVE
<br />CONSIDERATiUN TO THIS FACT AND WHICH WILL BE USED IN RENDERING BILLS TO THESE
<br />tIWONSUMERS.
<br />THE PROPOSED NEW WATER RATE WILL INCREASE THE WATER REVENUES APPROXIMATELY
<br />530,000.00 PER ANNUM. THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS NECESSARY iN ORDER TO OFFSET
<br />INCREASED OPERATING COSTS, SUCH AS LABOR, PUMPING, CHEtdICALS, AND DEBT CHARGES
<br />FOR THE BONDS RECENTLY ISSUED FOR THE NEW FILTER PLANT. THIS RATE, IF PUT INTO
<br />EFFECT, WILL KEEP THE WATER DEPARTMENT ON A SELF-SUSxTAINING BASIS AND WILL
<br />ENABLE IT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE I.ITY AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT
<br />TO TAXES, LICENSES, ETC., WHICH WOULD BE PAID TO THE CITY IF THE WATER
<br />DEPARTMENT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY.
<br />IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASED RATES FOR WATER, WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT A
<br />CHARGE OF 51.v0 BE MADE EACH TIME A WATER OR GAS SERVICE• IS TURNED ON. THIS
<br />CHARGE WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 52000.00 IN WATER REVENUES AND A LIKE SUM IN GAS
<br />REVENUES AND SHOULD BE MADE, IN OUR OPINION, TO OFFSET THE EXTRA EXPENSE
<br />INVOLVED FOR TURNING ON AND SERVICING NEW ArCOUNTS.
<br />WE ARE ATTACHING, FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES, A STATEMENT WHICH SHOWS THE
<br />PRESENT AND PROppSED COSTS OF WATER FOR THE STATED NUMBER OF CUBIC FEET.
<br />YOUR UTILITIES COMMITTEE RE AIRES THAT THE LEVYING OF THE SEWER TAX AND
<br />THE INCREASED WATER RATES IS NOT A PLEASANT TASK, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE
<br />METHOD PROPOSED BY OUR COMMITTEE OFFERS THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
<br />WHICH MUST BE SOLVED AT THIS TIME.
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