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11 <br />V9T., <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY ASKED IF HE HAD DONE ANY FIGURING ON WHAT <br />THE RATES WOULD AMOUNT TO PER UNIT -PER FAMILY. <br />MR. MCKENNA STATED THAT HE HAD MADE AN ANALYSIS BASED ON A USAGE <br />OF 5,000 GALLONS PER MONTH. UNDER THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE RATES THIS WOULD <br />BE $4.59 PER MONTH AND WOULD INCREASE UNDER THE PROPOSED RATES TO $12.00 PER <br />MONTH. THE SEWER RATE WOULD JUMP FROM A FLAT RATE OF $3.50 TO $14.50, AN <br />INCREASE OF QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE 2-1/2 TIMES MENTIONED BEFORE. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED HE WAS NOT SURE THAT 5,000 GALLONS <br />WAS A FAIR FIGURE TO USE FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT, AFTER REVIEWING THE <br />STATUTES IN REGARD TO THE BOARDS JURISDICTION OVER FRANCHISE RATES, HE FELT <br />THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF THE APPLICANT S INVEST- <br />MENT RATHER THAN AS A TRANSFER OF EXISTING VALUES. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO SPEAK <br />AND ASKED THAT THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE RAISE THEIR <br />HANDS. ALL PRESENT DID. HE THEN ASKED THOSE OPPOSING THE TRANSFER TO RAISE <br />THEIR HANDS, AND ONLY A FEW DID. <br />MATTHEW GOOD, SR. OF 733 5TH ST., S.W., ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO <br />THE COUNTYWIDE SEWER PLAN AND STATED HE FELT SEWER SYSTEMS SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC <br />HANDS AND NOT PRIVATELY OWNED AS THEY ARE A NECESSITY AND NOT SOMETHING TO <br />MAKE MONEY ON. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THE COUNTYWIDE PLAN HAD BEEN <br />SHELVED AS THE CITIZENS HAD OVERWHELMINGLY INDICATED THAT THE COST WAS FAR <br />TOO GREAT FOR THEM TO BEAR. <br />MRS. GWEN DUNCAN OF 524 NASSAU LANE STATED THAT SHE WOULDN'T MIND <br />PAYING FOR A GOOD SYSTEM, BUT THE TRACK RECORD OF SOUTHERN GULF HAS BEEN VERY <br />POOR AND THE RATES PROPOSED ARE OUTRAGEOUS. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE DID NOT <br />BELIEVE THAT TREASURE COAST UTILITIES HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AT HOLIDAY VILLAGE <br />AS SHE HAD BEEN INFORMED THE WATER THERE IS TERRIBLE AND THEY ARE CONSTANTLY <br />UNDER REPAIR. SHE ALSO NOTED THAT THE FIGURES PRESENTED DO NOT SEEM TO BE <br />ACCURATE AND HAVE MANY VARIATIONS. <br />. i I <br />RICHARD HILDRETH OF 533 4TH ST., S.W., STATED HIS OPPOSITION TO <br />1 <br />THE PROPOSED RATES AND QUESTIONED THE HOOK-UP CHARGES. <br />t � <br />9 <br />5 . <br />d . <br />MR <br />2 0 1976 = 7: <br />