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ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED THE MATER. PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH <br />THE CITY OF VERO BEACH NOTING THAT HE AND ENGINEER BEINDORF ATTENDED <br />THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE RECOGNIZES THE <br />NEED FOR THE CITY TO.PROTECT ITS INTERESTS, BUT FEELS THAT IN SOME <br />RESPECTS THEY WERE HARDER THAN HE LIKES TO SEE AND THAT THE CONTRACT IS <br />ONE-SIDED. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT PARAGRAPH 5 ON PAGE 2 DOES NOT REFLECT <br />WHAT HE FELT WAS AGREED ON AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT. HE STATED THAT <br />THE APPROACH TAKEN BY MR. BEINDORF AND HIMSELF WAS THAT THE COUNTY DID <br />NOT EXPECT TO USE MORE THAN 200,000 GPD AT ANY ONE TIME, BUT WE DID <br />EXPECT TO USE BETWEEN 100,000 AND 200,000 GPD ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS TO <br />GIVE US A CHANCE TO KEEP THE WELL PUMP AND MACHINERY IN A WORKING CONDITION <br />AND ALSO TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THE <br />CUSTOMERS BY MIXING THE WATER, HE NOTED THAT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT HAD <br />A PROVISION THAT THE COUNTY AT ALL TIMES WOULD UTILIZE THEIR WELLS TO <br />THE FULLEST CAPACITY AND OVER AND ABOVE THAT THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE <br />SERVICE. HE CONTINUED TO DISCUSS PARAGRAPH 5, AND ENGINEER BEINDORF <br />AGREED THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN HE HAD UNDERSTOOD LAST NIGHT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS THEN REVIEWED THE PROPOSED RATES. HE NOTED <br />THAT THE CITY WAS CHARGING MID FLORIDA 75� PER 1,000 GALLONS, BUT THEY <br />WILL BE CHARGING THE COUNTY THEIR COST PLUS 20%, OR 8N PER THOUSAND <br />GALLONS UP TO 200,000; IT ESCALATES TO $1.40 FOR EVERYTHING OVER THAT, <br />AND WE AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE MORE THAN 300,000 GPD. THE <br />ATTORNEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING <br />TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS. THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD NEED THE <br />200-300,000 GALLON CAPACITY WOULD BE IF THE WELLS SHOULD GO OUT AND WHY <br />WOULD YOU CHARGE MORE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION? THIS ARGUMENT DID NOT <br />PERSUADE THREE OF THE -FOUR COUNCILMEN. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY ORIGINALLY <br />HAD A PROVISION THAT ANYTHING OVER 300,000 WOULD BE A TRIPLE PRICE AND <br />THAT IS DELETED.: <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT THE CITY FIGURED THE COST OF THE <br />WATER AT THE PLANT THEN TOOK THE PUMPAGE AND"MAINS AT THE POINT WHERE <br />WE•WOULD RECEIVE THE WATER AND ADDED 20%. 'COMMISSIONER LOY THOUGHT THE <br />TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT CALLED FOR 10%, BUT MR. BEINDORF-EXPLAINED THAT IS <br />AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. <br />105 <br />UG% a's pmT 0 <br />