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FIT INTO THE SOUTH COUNTY SYSTEM WHICH THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO STUDY, HE WILL REPORT ON THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF ENGINEER BEINDORF FELT $250,000 WAS A FAIR PRICE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE PLANT EVENTUALLY, AND ENGINEER BEINDORF FELT THAT IT WAS, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INQUIRED ABOUT THE INCOME FROM THE SYSTEM, AND COMMISSIONER LOY STATED THAT IT.WAS $115,502 LAST YEAR. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT IF WE SHOULD PURCHASE THAT SYSTEM, THE -COUNTY WOULD CERTAINLY NOT OPERATE IT THE WAY IT HAS BEEN OPERATED, BUT WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO THE STANDARDS WE FIND ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR CITIZENS. THE CUSTOMERS THEREFORE, WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE AWARE THAT THE RATE STRUCTURE WOULD NOT HOLD BECAUSE IT WILL COST MORE WHEN THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PUT IN. ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT IF THIS IS PURCHASED, WE WOULD BE TWO YEARS AHEAD IN SETTING UP A SOUTH COUNTY WATER SYSTEM. HE STATED THAT TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY WILL EITHER NECESSITATE PURCHASING WATER FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH OR HAVING OUR OWN WELLFIELD, WHICH WOULD TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME TO ACCOMPLISH, AND HE FELT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY WILL ASSIST IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. ATTORNEY COLLINS RECOMMENDED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO PURCHASING THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE TAXING DISTRICT WHICH HAS'ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND LIES ONLY WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS. CHAIRMAN 14ODTKE AGREED THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES AVIALABLE AND STATED THAT HE JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE ANY DECISIONS TODAY, COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY, AND IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER COUNTY PLANS, THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SYSTEM WILL BE SERVED BY THE COUNTY TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A REASONABLE PRICE TO ACQUIRE THE SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH THIS CANNOT BE AN OVERNIGHT PANACEA TO THE PROBLEM. SEP Oi 619` ��" p�,� �