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0 <br />L <br />WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER; THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY GALLONS; AND <br />THE COUNTY DOES NOT NOW KNOW THE FULL USE THAT WILL BE MADE OF THE <br />WATER SYSTEM. MR. HART ALSO NOTED THAT THE COUNTY IS TAKING ON <br />A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS ON'SULPHUR <br />WATER AND HE DOUBTED THAT THE LINES COULD BE FLUSHED SUFFICIENTLY <br />TO GET RID OF THE SULPHUR WATER IN A FEW WEEKS. MR. HART THEN <br />DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF "BLOW—OUTS," AND.THE NEED FOR A SECOND <br />VALVE IN THE TANK. MR. HART STRESSED THAT IT IS VITAL TO STUDY THE <br />HABIT OF THE WATER USERS BEFORE MAKING THE HOOK—UP MANDATORY, <br />DELORES ANDERSON OF GIFFORD ASKED IF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE <br />EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />INFORMED HER THAT IT WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS IN. <br />MRS. ANDERSON THEN INQUIRED ABOUT BILLING AND ASKED IF PEOPLE <br />WOULD RECEIVE ONLY ONE BILL AND NO REMINDER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT BILLING IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE <br />PROCEDURE. HE FELT THAT A REMINDER WOULD BE SENT BEFORE DISCONTINUING <br />SERVICE BUT NOT JUST ON A ROUTINE MONTHLY BILLING. <br />MRS. ANDERSON THEN ASKED WHETHER YOU CAN WATER YOUR OWN <br />GRASS WITH YOUR OWN WATER SUPPLY, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED <br />THAT NO PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY CAN BE HOOKED INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT <br />THEY CAN BE USED TO WATER LAWNS.. <br />' CLYDE MORGAN INQUIRED ABOUT REQUIRED CONNECTIONS AND <br />CONNECTION FEES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT AS THE ORDINANCE IS NOW <br />WRITTEN, IF PEOPLE ARE WITHIN 200'OF A WATER OR SEWER LINE, THEY <br />WILL BE REQUIRED TO HOOK ON. HE STATED THAT THE FEES TO BE SET <br />FOR THE CONNECTION OF BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER WILL BE DETERMINED <br />BY RESOLUTION, NOT BY THIS ORDINANCE, BUT THE FEE FOR A WATER <br />TAP—IN HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY APPROVED AT $200, AND.THE SEWER <br />CONNECTION WILL BE AT COST WHEN THE COST IS ESTABLISHED.' <br />CLYDE MORGAN FELT THAT MAKING THIS MANDATORY AND THEN SETTING <br />A PRICE OF $200 IS A BIT STEEP FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESENT CHARGE MADE BY <br />U.D.U. is $250. <br />JUL 0 5 1978 <br />►I <br />or e <br />461 <br />