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SLIDING SCALE FOR THE VOLUME USER/ IF THEY WERE SERVICED BY THE CITY OF <br />VERO BEACH, THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE OF $514,00 FOR WATER, HE IS RE- <br />QUESTING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THE VOLUME USER IN THE RATE STRUCTURE <br />AND THAT IT BE RETROACTIVE TO THE JULY 9TH BOARD MEETING WHEN HIS LETTER <br />WAS PRESENTED, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER QUESTIONED IF THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOP- <br />MENTS SIMILAR TO THIS, <br />MR, OVERSTREET STATED THAT THERE IS ONE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THERE IS ANY REASON WHY THE RATES <br />ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, <br />MR, OVERSTREET STATED THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE COMPANY, AND THEY <br />ARE NOT SUBSIDIZED, THE CONCEPT THAT THE MORE YOU USE THE LESS YOU PAY <br />IS PROBABLY A CARRY OVER FROM THE OLD DAYS, THE ACTUAL COST OF WATER <br />DOES NOT GO DOWN JUST BECAUSE YOU USE MORE, WE FEEL THAT ALL CUSTOMERS <br />SHOULD PAY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE WATER THEY USE, <br />1 <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISAGREED WITH MR, OVERSTREET'S STATEMENT <br />THAT IT COST THE SAME FOR THE FIRST GALLON AS THE LAST GALLON BECAUSE <br />THE RATE IS $2,97 FOR THE FIRST 1,000 GALLONS AND THEN THE RATE DECLINES, <br />MR, OVERSTREET STATED THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HAS <br />STATED THAT THERE WILL BE A FLAT RATE FOR THE LARGE USERS, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THIS BOARD AND ITS FRANCHISE WITH <br />MID -FLORIDA IS IN NO WAY GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, <br />MR, WOLD STATED THAT HIS MOBILE HOME PARK HAS ONE METER AND <br />113 USERS, HE STATED THAT THEY READ ONE METER, AND HE CANNOT AGREE THAT <br />IT COSTS THE SAME TO DISTRIBUTE WATER TO SOUTHGATE AS IT DOES TO DISTRIB- <br />UTE WATER TO THE ROCKRIDGE AREA, SOUTHGATE'S BILL WAS $150,00 PER MONTH <br />'AND IT WENT UP TO $300,00 PER MONTH, MR, WOLD CONTINUED THAT THE PEOPLE <br />IN HIS PARK ARE RETIRED AND ON A FIXED INCOME, HE HAS RAISED THEIR RENT <br />FIVE DOLLARS PER MONTH, BUT THAT DOES NOT.COVER THE COST OF THE INCREASE, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT YEARS AGO IT WAS THE THEORY TO ALLOW <br />THE BIGGER USER A BREAK, BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT IS NOW, THE FACT <br />THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE METER IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE RATE, <br />SHE DOES NOT FEEL THERE IS ANY DISCRIMINATION, <br />- 15 - <br />SEP 101975 BOOK 2 <br />FAS€2 5 <br />