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INDICATED WHO TESTIFIED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, HE CONTINUED THAT THEY DO NOT <br />TAKE THESE COMPLAINTS LIGHTLY, WHICH IS WHY HE GAVE THE PEOPLE HIS PHONE <br />NUMBER AND MR. OVERSTREET'S, AND THE PEOPLE RESPONDED. HE NOTED THAT HE <br />GOT SOME COLLECT CALLS WHEN THE FLUSHING WAS DONE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, <br />AND HE HOPES TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A SET SCHEDULE WHEN THIS FLUSHING WILL <br />BE DONE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. HE STATED THAT HE WILL <br />BE GLAD TO FILE SUCH A SCHEDULE WITH ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THE REASON THEY DONT RECEIVE A <br />MULTITUDE OF COMPLAINTS IS THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN VERY DISCOURAGED <br />ABOUT COMPLAINING BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER DONE, AND SHE FEELS THAT NOW <br />THEY MAY BE DELUGED WITH COMPLAINTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SAID, AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT, WHEN THEY <br />WERE GRANTED THE LAST RATE INCREASE, THEY SPENT $34,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS <br />IN ONE YEAR, BUT THEN MADE NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND NOW THEY ARE <br />SAYING THEY DON T PLAN ON MAKING ANY. <br />MR. WRIGHT SAID HE DID NOT MEAN TO CONVEY THAT THEY WILL NEVER <br />MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS, AND HE BELIEVES THEY WILL MAKE WHATEVER IS INDI- <br />CATED OR NECESSARY. HE NOTED THAT WHEN THE PIPE IS RELOCATED FOR THE <br />STREET WIDENING, IT WILL BE UPGRADED, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT IT BOTHERS HIM THAT THEY <br />HAVE NOT IMPROVED THE SYSTEM FOR THREE YEARS AND STILL CANNOT TELL- US <br />,TODAY OF ANY PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS. <br />MR. WRIGHT SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT <br />TO HIS ATTENTION THAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SYSTEM WERE NECESSARY EXCEPT <br />AT THE SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING AT WHICH THERE WERE A GREAT NUMBER OF <br />COMPLAINTS, HE CONTINUED THAT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE HAD <br />AS A RESULT OF THESE HEARINGS MEANS A CONSIDERABLE INVESTIGATION TO SEE <br />WHAT IS WRONG, AND HE FEELS THE STUDY MADE BY MR. FOX IS A GOOD BEGINNING. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT MR. FOX HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE <br />EMPLOY OF GENERAL WATERWORKS TWO DAYS. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED MR. WEIGHT READ THE MINUTES OF THE <br />1973 MEETING AND COMPARE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY <br />THAT ANY COMPANY PRODUCING WATER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY GET <br />THE WATER TO THEM IN A CONDITION WHERE THEY CAN DRINK IT, TAKE A BATH <br />IN IT AND WASH THEIR CLOTHES IN IT, BUT NOTHING IN THE TESTIMONY HE HAS <br />> 19 <br />• �'��3.. t"�r 172 <br />SEP 271977 <br />