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COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WITH THE GREAT EMPHASIS BEING <br />PLACED ON CONSERVATION, WE ARE NOW DISCOURAGING LARGE USERS OF <br />UTILITIES@ <br />IN REGARD TO LARGE USERS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, ENGINEER BEINDORF <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER <br />AREAS BY CHARGING BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FIXTURE UNITS@ HE NOTED <br />IT ALSO COULD BE BASED ON WATER USAGE AND FURTHER SUGGESTED THE <br />POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UP DIFFERENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES <br />COMMERCIAL, INSTITITIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, ETC., BUT POINTED OUT THAT <br />MANY INDUSTRIES ARE NOT BIG USERS OF WATER. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THE FAIREST WAY WOULD BE BASED ON THE <br />WATER USAGE, RATHER THAN ON A FIXTURE BASIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER <br />MONTHS. <br />LEON YOUNG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT UDU ASSESSED THE SCHOOL <br />$25.00 FOR THE FIRST 10,000 GALLONS AND THEREAFTER 4N PER EACH <br />ADDITIONAL 1,000 GALLONS. MR. YOUNG STATED THAT HE DIDN'T NOTICE <br />ANYTHING IN THE RATE STRUCTURE MAKING IT SPECIFIC WHETHER THE RATE <br />WAS FOR A 2" METER OR FOR A LARGER ONE. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE <br />ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT SIZE METERS ON THE SYSTEM, AND HE FELT THIS <br />SHOULD BE DEALT WITH SPECIFICALLY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED THE ENGINEER IF THERE NORMALLY IS A <br />DIFFERENT CHARGE FOR DIFFERENT SIZE METERS, <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF-STATED THAT DIFFERENT SYSTEMS HAVE DIFFERENT. <br />METHODS, BUT HE DID NOT FEEL THERE NORMALLY WOULD BE. HE POINTED <br />OUT THAT BASICALLY , REGARDLESS OF METER SIZE, WE ARE ON A GALLONAGE <br />BAS IS@ <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED PIR, YOUNG THAT OBVIOUSLY THE CHARGE <br />FOR THE METER AND THE INSTALLATION WOULD VARY.A000RDING TO SIZE OF <br />THE. METER, BUT THOSE CHARGES WILL BE COVERED.BY A RESOLUTION RATHER <br />THAN IN THE ORDINANCE SIMPLY BECAUSE THOSE COSTS ARE VARIABLE AND <br />IT IS A LOT EASIER TO CHANGE A RESOLUTION THAN AN ORDINANCE. HE <br />THEN ASKED IF THE BOARD HAD ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEER AND <br />THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE HE FELT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH <br />A REVISED DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE BEFORE IT IS ACTUALLY ADOPTED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FIRST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR <br />'Ju it 2102 8COK 35 PAcr, 212 <br />