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CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE <br />ABLE TO HELP, SUCH AS THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL'S WEATHERIZA- <br />TIQN PROGRAM. HE HOPED THAT WHEN WE DO GET TO THOSE CASES WHERE <br />THERE WOULD BE AN EXTREME BURDEN, THAT SOME PROGRAM WOULD BE FOUND <br />THAT COULD HELP. HE NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THAT WE MUST <br />SET UP AN ORDINANCE THAT MUST BE EFFECTIVE AND ON AN EQUAL BASIS TO <br />EVERYONE, IN ADDITION, WE MUST OPERATE TO MEET OUR MORTGAGE, BUT NOT <br />TO MAKE A PROFIT, AND WE MUST SET THE RATES SO THESE DOLLARS CAN BE <br />PAID BACK. OBVIOUSLY AS THE SYSTEM GROWS, IT WILL HAVE AN AFFECT ON <br />THE RATES AND POSSIBLY DECREASE THEM. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT, <br />IN THE MEANTIME, THIS IS THE WAY WE MUST G0, AND HE FELT IT WILL <br />BENEFIT EVERYONE IN THIS AREA TO MAKE THIS SUCCESS AS QUICKLY AS <br />POSSIBLE BY GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE ON LINE AS POSSIBLE. <br />JIMMIE HOLT INQUIRED ABOUT THOSE SEPTIC TANKS THAT ARE <br />ALREADY EXISTING, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IF THERE IS AN <br />EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, HE DID NOT FEEL THE COUNTY CAN FORCE THE OWNER <br />TO ABANDON HIS USE OF IT. <br />MR. HOLT THEN NOTED THAT A PROPERTY OWNER IS SUPPOSED TO BE <br />RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LINES FROM THE WATER METER BACK AND NOTED THAT HE <br />HAS FOUND WHERE TWO LINES ARE HOOKED ON TO THE ONE ON HIS PROPERTY <br />ILLEGALLY AND ASKED WHAT WOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO <br />BE CORRECTED, AND THE ENGINEERS AND MR. YOUNG WILL WORK WITH MR. HOLT <br />ON THIS SITUATION. <br />DELORES ANDERSON NOTED THAT SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN <br />GIFFORD OWN MORE THAN ONE STRUCTUREi SHE STATED THAT SHE LIVES IN ONE <br />HOME AND RENTS ANOTHER AND ASKED, IF SHE HAS TO PAY TO HOOK UP BOTH <br />IF SHE WOULD GET A DISCOUNT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH <br />RESIDENCE AND AT THE SAME RATE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT NO ONE SO FAR HAS EXPRESSED <br />AN.OPINION IN REGARD TO MANDATORY OR PERMISSIVE HOOK UP. <br />MR. HOLT STATED THAT HE FELT IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH <br />OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOOK UP SHOULD BE -MANDATORY. HE <br />NOTED THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNSANITARY CONDITIONS EXISTING AND IF <br />106 <br />BOOK 3 5 PAGF 2l 8 <br />