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~36 MATTER RE: SUPT'. OF WATER DEPT. - RETIREMENT RESOLUTION RE: CHARLES HENRY SWING RETIRED POLICY ON WATER, GAS n LINE EXTENSIONS MATTER RE: INCREASE IN NATURAL GAS RATES MATTER RE: CITY AND SCHOOL BUDGETS AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT MR. C. H. SWING, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER AND GAS DEPARTMENTS HAD RETIRED EFFECTIVE ,4PRIL 3O, 1959, AND RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE PAID FULL PAY FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE AND $124.16 THEREAFTER. ON MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS, CHARLES HENRY SWING WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ON FEBRUARY 22, 1921 AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER AND GAS DEPARTMENTS AND SERVED IN THAT POSITION UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON APRIL 3O, 1959; AND WHEREAS, DURING HIS LONG TENURE HE HAS CONSTANTLY SOUGHT TO SERVE THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FAITHFULLY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF HIS ABILITY; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAr AN EXPRESSION of GRATITUDE BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY EXTENDED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR HIS LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CLERK OF THIS COUNCIL BE AND HE IS HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO CONVEY A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO C. H. SWING. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT SOME CHANGES BE MADE IN THE CITYtS POLICY FOR EXTENSIONS OF WATER AND GAS SERVICE. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE FREE EXTENSIONS ON DEDICATED AND ACCEPTED STREETS BE REDUCED FROM lOO FEET TO T5 FEET AND FOR WATER LINE EXTENSIONS IN UNACCEPTED STREETS FOR WHICH THE CITY pPA`YS ONE-HALF THE SIZE OF WATER LINES BE CHANGED FROM SIX INCHES TOAEIGHT INCHES. ON MOTION BY MR. COLEMAN, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT ATLANTIC SEABOARD CORPORATION HAD APPLIED TO THE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION FOR TWO RATE INCREASES IN THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS, AND THAT THESE INCREASES WERE BEING PUT INTO EFFECT UNDER BOND. MR. BOWEN STATED THAT HE HAD NO RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE CITY1S RATES AT THIS TIME, BUT RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR STUDY AND REPORT. ON MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED 8Y MR. COLEMAN, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRA I DENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - MAY 18, 1959 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 4, 1959 WERE READ AND APPROVED. THE CITY AND SCHOOL BUDGETS WERE AGAIN PRESENTED AND THE CLERK ADVISED THAT A SYNOPSIS OF THESE BUDGETS HAD BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY PROGRESS ON APRIL 2, 1959 AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER. THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT ALSO PRESENTED AN ALTERNATE ESTIMATE AS ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 79, SECTION 22-120.3 OF THE STATE CODE.