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MR, TANEN STATED THAT MAYBE THE STATE WON'T SHUT THE PLANT DOWN, BUT THEY HAVE THREATENED US WITH A $5,000 -A -DAY FINE IF WE DON'T COMPLY, AND THE PEOPLE WILL EXPECT BETTER QUALITY WATER IF WE START MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE FELT THE IMPROVEMENTS PROBABLY SHOULD BE TAKEN IN PHASES AND SAID HE DID NOT FEEL THE COMPANY IS ENTITLED TO A PROFIT BEFORE THEY PERFORM, ESPECIALLY AS IN MANY DEVELOPMENTS THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A PROFIT-MAKING FACILITY, HE SUGGESTED JUST REPLACING THE SEWER PLANT WHICH IS BEING CITED AND POSSIBLY DOING WITHOUT A 1.0% PROFIT PERCENTAGE FOR A WHILE. HE ALSO POINTED OUT TO THE AUDIENCE THAT IF A COST -OF -LIVING INCREASE HAD BEEN REQUESTED PERIODICALLY, THE RATES WOULD PROBABLY BE HIGHER NOW THAN THOSE PROPOSED, ATTORNEY BOGOSIAN SAID HE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN MADE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF STATE STANDARDS BOTH ON THE SEWER AND WATER, ALTHOUGH HE ADMITTED THE WATER PROBLEM WAS NOT OF QUITE THE SAME URGENCY AS THE SEWER, HE THEN DISCUSSED RATES GRANTED TO OTHER UTILITY COMPANIES, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN IS THAT j WE WANT TO BE SURE THE PLANT IS ON SOUND FOOTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THESE PEOPLE HAVE ADEQUATE 4 GOOD WATER AND SEWAGE, BUT THE BOARD IS NOT SOLD ON THE INCREASE YOU HAVE ASKED FOR, COMMISSIONER WODTKE SAID THAT HE COULD UNDERSTAND THE TANENS VIEWPOINT AS FINANCIALLY THE'DEVELOPMENT IS NOW THROUGH, AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER UNITS IN THE FRANCHISE THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM, -MEL TANEN SAID THEY COULD ADD MORE CONNECTIONS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO PROJECT OF ANY SIZE THAT HAS REQUESTED THIS, AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE FEELS THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO GIVE A LOWER RATE INCREASE AND THEN IN SEVERAL YEARS THEY CAN COME BACK WITH PROVEN COSTS AND MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST AND DO THIS GRADUALLY,