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a <br />MRS. PARKER THEN ASKED WHY THERE WAS SUCH A HIGH FLAT RATE FOR <br />SEWAGE AS THIS IS PARTICULARLY HARD ON SMALL FAMILIES, AND SUGGESTED <br />THE RATE COULD BE DETERMINED BY GETTING A FIGURE FROM THE WATER METERS, <br />MRS. SUE SIKET STATED SHE FELT SINCE THE VIOLATIONS GO BACK <br />TO MARCH OF 1974, THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME ACTION BEFORE THIS. SHE <br />ALSO STATED THAT SEWER PLANTS MUST SEND IN MONTHLY REPORTS WITH A DAILY <br />BREAKDOWN OF THE B.O.D., WHICH REPORTS MUST BE SIGNED BY A (QUALIFIED <br />OPERATOR. SHE CONTINUED THAT SHE HAS HAD BOTH WATER AND SEWER PROBLEMS <br />AND THEN GAVE FIGURES COMPARING THE RATES WITH THOSE OF THE CITY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE DID NOT FEEL YOU CAN COMPARE A PRIVATE <br />SYSTEM WITH THAT OF A MUNICIPALITY. <br />MRS. SIKET PRESENTED A THREE—PAGE PETITION SIGNED BY RESIDENTS <br />OF IXORA PARK SUBDIVISION OPPOSING THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, WHICH <br />PETITION WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, <br />MRS. LINDA ROODE ASKED IF THEY DO IMPROVE THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL <br />PLANT, WILL IT REMOVE THE "STINK"? SHE ALSO COMPLAINED THAT SHE HAS TO <br />SPEND ABOUT $7.50 A MONTH FOR BOTTLED WATER AS THE DRINKING WATER IS <br />SO BAD. r: <br />DAVID THOMPSON STATED THAT HE DJD NOT FEEL THE UTILITY COMPANY <br />WAS JUSTIFIED IN EXPECTING A 10% RETURN. <br />LOUIS PANDONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND STATED RETIRED PEOPLE <br />CANNOT AFFORD SUCH FANTASTIC RATE INCREASES, <br />RAY BOYLE NOTED IN REGARD TO 260 SEWER CONNECTIONS 16 YEARS <br />OLD, THAT EASTVIEW GARDENS WAS ONLY ESTABLISHED IN 1968 AND THERE ARE <br />SO SOME HOUSES THERE, AND HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS <br />BEFORE THEY WERE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM. HE ASKED WHAT ASSURANCE THERE WAS <br />THAT WITH A BIGGER PLANT THEY WILL NOT TAKE IN MORE LAND, <br />STEPHEN IILIAULT AND MR. MORELLI SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. <br />RICHARD HUTTON SAID THAT THE UTILITY PLANT WAS ONE OF THE <br />ORIGINAL SELLING POINTS AND THE REASON HE HAD BOUGHT THERE. IN REGARD'' <br />TO DEPRECIATION, HE THOUGHT THIS WAS INTENDED TO LAY ASIDE CAPITAL <br />TO REPLACE ITEMS THAT WORE OUT AND ASKED WHERE DID IT ALL GO? <br />WILMER LEWIS SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. ' <br />HOMER ALDHIZER READ TO THE BOARD A PETITION SIGNED BY 164 PEOPLE, <br />WHICH STATES AS FOLLOWS: ', <br />