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01 - MR. JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT A YEAR LATER THE IMPROVEMENTS STATED IN THE FOREGOING LETTER HAVE NOT BEEN MADE. MR, JENNINGS ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE WAS ONLY A FIVE WEEK DELAY BETWEEN THE TIME THE LETTER WAS SENT TO MID - FLORIDA REGARDING -THE COUNTY -WIDE SYSTEM AND THE TIME THE LAST LETTER WAS SENT STATING THERE WOULD BE A DELAY IN THE COUNTY -WIDE SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM. IRA McALLISTER, PLANT MANAGER FOR MID FLORIDA UTILITIES STATED THAT THE FIRE HYDRANT THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS BROKEN AND HE WAS INFORMED BY THE CITY OF AERO BEACH THAT THEY WOULD NEVER USE THAT FIRE HYDRANT SO IT WAS REMOVED. COMMISSIONER MASSEY ASKED MR. WRIGHT THAT SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MEETING THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MID FLORIDA ENDS AT THE PROPERTY LINE, HOW COME YOU WILL NOT REPLACE THE GALVANIZED PIPES THAT YOU STATED ARE THE CAUSE OF THE RUST IN THE WATER. MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND THE CHLORINATOR WILL RELEAVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IF IT DOES NOT THEN WE WILL REPLACE THE PIPES. MR. WRIGHT FURTHER STATED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AND WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID BY THE CUSTOMERS IN THE FORM OF A RATE INCREASE. MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT ON ORDER SHOULD BE RECEIVED AND OPERATIONAL ABOUT .JANUARY 15, 1974. COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS STATED THAT WHEN THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO SATISFACTORY STANDARD THEN WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT A RATE INCREASE. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN, THAT THIS BOARD ORDERS MID FLORIDA UTILITIES TO BRING THEIR SERVICES UP TO ACCEPTABLE STANDARD, ACCORDING TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AS STATED IN THEIR LETTER OF OCTOBER 20, 1972 AND THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE .JANUARY 23, 1974 MEETING., 23 _ eooK 18 PActlo2 OCT 101973 k