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Richard Burke, Adelphia’s manager for the Front Royal area, said, “No other area in the county is even close [to meeting the criteria of 15 houses per mile]. We are hoping that by the time we get the cable there [to Amissville] the numbers will be up.” o
“I think you are choosing the company that will serve the most people,” Mr. Price said. He said that most cable companies want a population denser than 15 houses per mile. “This is because we are long-term operators,” he said. “We will be recouping our costs over a period of years. This is a very aggressive cable TV policy.”
Mr. Price indicated that the company would be willing to provide service to those who don’t meet the 15 houses per mile standard if they want to bear the cost of extending the service, which costs Adelphia $8,000 to $10,000 per mile. He added that the company would be interested in extending the system whenever new growth indicated that a new area would qualify. “Certainly, we want to bring service to as many people as we can,” he said.
Col. Bingham’s motion to proceed with preparing a proposal for bids passed unanimously.
The supervisors also agreed to hold an auction of some properties that have not had real-estate taxes paid on them for three or more years. Mr. McCarthy said that there are many such small properties, most too small to qualify as building lots, and some have not had taxes paid on them since the 1960s. The problem with attempting to auction off the parcels has been that they might not bring enough at auction to make up the costs of advertising for the auction and holding it, Mr. McCarthy said.
What Mr. McCarthy proposed was to notify adjoining landowners of the properties and only advertise and auction off those properties where a potential buyer was willing to guarantee a minimum bid. Mr. Luke, Mr. McCarthy and Treasurer Frances Foster would decide on the minimum bid that would guarantee that the county does not lose money. He proposed to hold the auction this summer.
“I think this is a great idea for getting these properties back in the tax base,” Supervisor Chairman Hubert Gilkey said. /
The supervisors also agreed to negotiate with Peter Kramer to lease the top floor of his cabinet shop
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