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<br /> COUNCIL CHAMBER - MARCH 17, 1975
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<br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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<br />MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
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<br />P~UB:LIC.: HEARt:NG:.;.GAS.. '
<br />RATE ORDINANCE
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<br />PRESENTATION: CITY
<br />AND SCHOOL BUDGETS
<br />FOR 1975-76
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<br />APPOINTMENTS: THOMAS
<br />JEFFERSON AREA BOARD
<br />FOR THE AGING
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<br />REQUEST: USE OF CITY
<br />HALL CONFERENCE ROOMS
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<br />APPROPRIATION: TAX
<br />REFUND - R, D, WADE
<br />$830.34
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<br /> THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
<br />PRESENT: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES.
<br />ABSENT: NONE.
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<br /> THE MINUTES OF TIE MEETING OF MARCH 10, 1975 WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
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<br /> ~. DON SHRADER, PRESIDENT OF CEA, PRESENTED A SALARY STUDY OF SCHOOL
<br />TEACHERS' SALARIES IN THE CITY.
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<br /> IMRS. JAN JENNINGS ADDRESSED TIE COUNCIL AND ASKED IF THE CITY WAS GOING TO
<br />INTERVENE IN THE TELEPHONE RATE CASE, PARTICULARLY THE PROPOSED DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE
<br />CHARGE. MRS. JENNINGS WAS ADVISED THAT THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE A DECISION ON ITS
<br />POSITION, WHICH WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.
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<br /> A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE PROPOSED GAS RATE ORDINANCE.
<br />SEVERAL PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
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<br />MR. CHUCK ROTGIN SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TD MAKE
<br />A STUDY AND RECGMMENDATIONS ON GAS RATES AND ALSO WATER AND SEWER RATES. AH
<br />ORDINANCE ENTITLED '' AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN .~14-2, 14-2.1, 14-3,
<br />14-9, 14-12, 14-13, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-18, 14-19, 14-21 AND 14-23 OFT HE
<br />CODE OF THE CITY, OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, AS AMENDED AND TO REPEAL .~14-4 AND
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<br />14-24 OF SUCH CO~E AND TO ADD A SECTION NUMBERED 14-1.1 TO SUCH CODE: THE AMENDED
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<br />AND REPEALED SECTION RELATING GENERALLY TO RATES AND CHARGES FOR NATURAL GAS
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<br />SERVICE AND TO ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION AND CONTROL OF THE CITY NATURAL
<br />DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: AND THE ADDED SECTION IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON NEW GAS
<br />SERVICE," WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON MARCH 10, 1975,
<br />WAS ADOPTED BY TIE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR.
<br />GILLIAM AND MRS. RINEHART. NOES: MR. VAN YAHRES. MR. VAN YAHRES, STATED THAT
<br />HIS NO VOTE INDICATES HIS OBJECTION TO THE RATE STRUCTURE. HE STATED THAT THE
<br />LOW VOLUME USER IS BEING PENALIZED AND THE INCREASE IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH.
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<br /> THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975-76, WAS PRESENTED BY REV.
<br />HENRY MITHCELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET FOR
<br />FISCAL YEAR 1975-76 WAS PRESENTED BY TIE CITY MANAGER. WORK SESSIONS ON THE
<br />CITY BUDGET WERE SET FOR MARCH 24 AND 25, 1975 IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURT
<br />ROOM, AND MARCH 26, 1975 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ROOM.
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<br /> ON MOTION BY MR. VAN YAHRES, MRS. JILL RINEHART AND MRS. VICTOR D. FISCHER
<br />WERE APPOINTED TO THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR THE AGING.
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<br /> THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT HE HAD HAD A REQUEST BY A CIVIC GROUP NOT
<br />CONNECTED WiTH CITY GOVERNMENT TO SUE THE BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM. HE STATED
<br />THAT THERE IS NO PRESENT POLICY FOR SUCH USE AND REQUESTED THE COUNCIL TO
<br />ESTABLISH A POLICY.- A MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART, THAT
<br />GOVERNMENTAL AND QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS MAY USE CITY HALL FACILITIES UNDER
<br />CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY MANAGER, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.
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<br /> ON MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MR.VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
<br />WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR.
<br />GILLIAM, MRS.RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE
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<br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT
<br />$830.34 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR REFUND OF ERRONEOUS REAL
<br />ESTATE TAXES TO R, D, WADE.
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