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LABOR INVOLVED WITH A SHUT-OFF AND TURN -ON BECAUSE IT NECESSITATES TWO <br />SERVICE CALLS. HE POINTED OUT THAT $2.50 IS JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST <br />OF A SHUT-OFFIAND TO TURN BACK ON, THE CLERICAL COST IS ABOUT $3.00. <br />MR. BURGER DISCUSSED THE HIGH RATE OF TURN -ON AND TURN-OFF IN A BEACH <br />COMMUNITY. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MELBOURNE ALSO HAS A $20.00 FEE <br />FOR THIS AND COMMENTED THAT YOU CAN EITHER CHARGE A TURN -ON FEE OR YOU <br />CAN HAVE THE PEOPLE PUT UP A SERVICE DEPOSIT. HE POINTED OUT THAT WITH <br />A DEPOSIT, YOU GET INVOLVED WITH INTEREST, RETURNING OF DEPOSITS, ETC., <br />AND IT CAN GET QUITE COMPLICATED. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE RATES CHARGED IN THE MELBOURNE AREA, <br />WHICH WERE BASED ON A MINIMUM BILL OF $2.00 FOR THE FIRST 3,000 GALLONS, <br />MR. BURGER NOTED THAT IN A UTILITY, RATES MUST BE GEARED TO RECOVER <br />PRODUCTION COSTS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE THANKED MR. BURGER FOR HIS REPORT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE ATTENDED A UTILITY <br />MEETING WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH LAST WEEK, AND CITY MANAGER LITTLE <br />GAVE HIM SOME CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING A PROBLEM THAT HAS DEVELOPED WITH <br />A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BEACH AREA, GEORGE E. WILSON, WHO HAS SEVERE <br />KIDNEY PROBLEMS AND •IS ON A DIALYSIS MACHINE. AT PRESENT IT IS NECESSARY <br />THAT MR. WILSON RECEIVE THIS TREATMENT IN A HOSPITAL, AND HE WOULD LIKE <br />R <br />TO HAVE A DIALYSIS MACHINE IN HIS OWN HOME, BUT THIS REQUIRES A CERTAIN <br />PURITY OF WATER AND THE WELL WATER IN THAT AREA DOES NOT MEET THE <br />REQUIRED STANDARDS, MR. WILSON HAS WRITTEN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />REQUESTING WATER SERVICE. THE ATTORNEY STATED THAT THE CITY HAS REQUESTED <br />HIM TO REVIEW THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD AND DETERMINE THEIR ATTITUDE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REMINDED THE BOARD THAT WE STILL HAVE 27 UNALLOCATED TAPS <br />LEFT FROM THOSE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY BY THE MOORINGS. HE FELT j <br />THESE TAPS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, SHOULD BE PUT INTO SERVICE ALONG WITH THE <br />•,t SERVICE OF WATER TO THE WILSON PROPERTY, THE ATTORNEY CONTINUED THAT <br />.i <br />HE IS INCLINED TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT IF WE GET AN AGREEMENT WITH <br />THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE,THAT THE WATER LINE SHOULD BE OVERSIZED SO <br />WHEN SUFFICIENT WATER IS AVAILABLE, THIS LINE CAN BE USED WITHOUT HAVING <br />TO PUT IN ANOTHER LINE. HE STATED THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THREE <br />QUESTIONS: <br />12 <br />l <br />39 <br />MAR 71979 <br />