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FROM.THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THEIR FEELINGS ON MANDATORY <br />OR PERMISSIVE CONNECTION. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHETHER RATES GO UP OR <br />DOWN IS VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW MANY CUSTOMERS WE -HAVE AND THE EXPENSE <br />OF THE SERVICE WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE SUCCESS OF WHAT <br />WE HAVE NOW. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />VICTOR HART OF GIFFORD STATED THAT HIS QUESTION WOULD BE ON <br />THE'J)ATE THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD COME INTO EFFECT. HE NOTED THAT <br />IF THE RATE THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING NOW IS SET UP ON THE WATER THAT <br />IS GOING TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE CITY, THEN HE WOULD FEEL THAT, BEFORE <br />THE RATE GOES INTO EFFECT, THE WATER SHOULD START PUMPING INTO THE <br />LINE FROM THE CITY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO PAY THIS KIND OF RATE <br />FOR THE SERVICE THEY ARE GETTING NOW. MR. HART CONTINUED THAT IF WE <br />ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MANDATORY SERVICE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT <br />WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO PUT ALL THE COMMUNITY ON THE SYSTEM AT THE <br />SAME TIME. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT DONT HAVE THE WATER <br />LINE NOW. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT IT HAD BEEN PRETTY WELL UNDERSTOOD <br />THAT THE RATES WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS RENOVATED <br />AND THE NEW WATER IS GOING THROUGH TFE LINES, AND THE BOARD AGREED <br />THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT CONNECTION WILL ONLY BE <br />MANDATORY FOR THOSE WITHIN 200' OF THE LINE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT WILL.BE NOW, <br />AND NOTED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO EXPAND THE SEWER SYSTEM <br />AT THIS TIME. HE AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT BOTH AGREED THAT WHEN <br />PEOPLE HOOK UP TO THE SEWER, THEY MUST HOOK UP FOR WATER TOO. <br />DELORES ANDERSON INQUIRED ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THE PLUMBING <br />SYSTEM AND ASKED IF THIS IS THE PLUMBING THAT IS GOING INTO THE HOUSE <br />RATHER THAN THE PIPE LINE OFF OF THE PROPERTY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR <br />THE BIG LINES THAT GO IN FRONT OF SOMEONE IS PROPERTY, BUT THE HOME <br />OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LINE THAT HOOKS ONTO THE MAIN LINE AND <br />GOES UP TO THE HOUSE. <br />103 <br />JUN2 1978 BOOK 35 Pacr. 213 <br />