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F <br />TO DO THIS WITH A COUPLE OF CONTINGENCIES. FIRST WAS THAT RALMAR COULD <br />UTILIZE THIS LINE, RATHER THAN BUILD A PUMPING STATION, FOR A PERIOD OF <br />12 MONTHS ONLY, AND SECOND, THE CITY WOULD REQUEST RALMAR TO INSTALL INDI- <br />VIDUAL METERS FOR EACH OFFICE AND THE CITY WOULD READ THE METERS DIRECTLY <br />AND BILL RALMAR DIRECTLY AS OPPOSED TO BILLING THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY <br />BILLING RALMAR MR. FALB CONTINUED THAT THIS WOULD GIVE RALMAR THE ADVAN- <br />TAGE OF NOT HAVING TO BUILD A PUMPING STATION AND MAINTAIN IT. HE FELT <br />THE ONLY DISADVANTAGE TO THE COUNTY IS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE GETTING REVENUE <br />FOR THE WATER, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN <br />A STAFF TO READ METERS AND SEND OUT UTILITY BILLS EITHER. MR. FALB RE- <br />QUESTED THAT THE COUNTY ALLOW HIS COMPANY TO DO AS THE CITY REQUIRES. <br />MR. FALB THEN ASKED AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WOULD THE COUNTY ACCEPT <br />THE WATER LINES HE IS BUILDING AND SUGGESTED THAT SINCE THE AGREEMENT WITH <br />THE CITY WOULD BE GOOD FOR A YEAR THAT RALMAR WOULD MAINTAIN AND BE RESPON- <br />SIBLE FOR THESE LINES FOR THE YEAR AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WOULD REQUEST <br />THE COUNTY TO ACCEPT THE LINES, OR AT THE TIME THE COUNTY BUILDS <,'HE LINE <br />TO GIFFORD AND SETS UP A UTILITY DEPARTMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHEN WE HAVE THE LINE GOING TO GIFFORD, <br />WILL IT BE A PRESSURIZED LINE? <br />ENGINEER JAMES BEINDORF STATED THAT THE LINE WILL BE PRESSURIZED <br />,UP TO THE STORAGE TANK IN GIFFORD, AND REITERATED THAT RALMAR DOES NOT <br />WANT TO HAVE TO BUILD A TEMPORARY PUMPING STATION AND HAD INTENDED TO PUT <br />INDIVIDUAL METERS IN THE OFFICES IN ANY EVENT. HE NOTED THAT THE WATER <br />REVENUE WOULD NOT BE A LARGE AMOUNT BECAUSE THE ALLOCATION IS FOR A MAXIMUM <br />OF 10,000 G.P.D. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF BOTH RALMAR AND THE OTHER DOCTORS' <br />GROUP WOULD USE THE SAME.LINE. <br />MR. BEINDORF STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THEY WILL BE USING IT <br />IN THIS TIME FRAME AS THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE A ROAD BUILT YET, AND MR, FALB <br />POINTED OUT THAT THE DOCTORS' GROUP WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND <br />HEARD THE PRESENTATION. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS WOULD GIVE US A YEAR TO GET <br />INTO THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING OUR LINE ON UP TO GIFFORD, <br />0 <br />AR 91977 <br />40 <br />