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• <br />m <br />MRS. ROFI STATED THAT THEY FEEL $20.00 IS MORE THAN ANYONE <br />ELSE AROUND PAYS?AND THEY DO NOT SEE WHY THEY SHOULD PAY THIS MUCH. <br />-SHE FURTHER NOTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRITTEN IN THE PAPER ABOUT <br />THIS $20.00 CHARGE SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED DONT KNOW ANYTHING <br />ABOUT IT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED MRS. ROFI THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WAS <br />HELD AND THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED WHEN THE RATES WERE ESTABLISHED. HE <br />FELT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELD SOMETIME LAST SUMMER. <br />MRS. ROFI POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WERE NOT HERE <br />AT THAT TIME, AND THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO TAKE <br />THE WATER OVER WHEN WE DID AND COULD NOT DELAY IT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT MID -FLORIDA DID HAVE A $1.00 <br />CHARGE, BUT NOTED THAT WHEN THE WATER IS SHUT OFF, WE HAVE TO SEND A <br />TRUCK OUT, MAKE'A READING, GO THROUGH ACCOUNTING, PRODUCE A FINAL BILLING, <br />AND WHEN THE CUSTOMER COMES BACK, IT IS NECESSARY TO REREAD THE METER AND <br />PUT THIS BACK IN THE COMPUTER. HE FELT THOSE PRESENT MUST REALIZE IT IS <br />IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ALL THIS FOR $1.00, AND INFORMED THEM THAT THE BOARD <br />FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THE -COUNTY IS NOT IN A POSITION TO PAY FOR THE <br />COST OF HAVING TO SHUT SOMEONE IS WATER OFF NOR SHOULD THE USERS WHO LIVE <br />HERE YEAR ROUND HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES REQUIRED BY THOSE WHO DO <br />NOT LIVE HERE YEAR ROUND. THEREFORE, THE $20.00 FEE WAS ESTABLISHED. <br />MRS. ROFI POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS A LOT OF <br />RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE ONLY PART OF THE YEAR, AND THEY ONLY CHARGE $5.00 <br />FOR'TURN-OFF - TURN -ON. ANOTHER RESIDENT NOTED THAT UTILITY COMPANIES, <br />SUCH AS THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT DO NOT MAKE SUCH <br />CHARGES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE A <br />TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS AND CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE COUNTY <br />SYSTEM, WHICH IS JUST BEING INITIATED. HE NOTED THAT THE CITY OF <br />MELBOURNE CHARGES $20.00. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT OUR STAFF <br />HAS INDICATED TO US THAT FOR EACH RECONNECTION, THE COST IS ACTUALLY <br />$22.50,AND WE MUST RECOUP THIS COST SOME WAY. WE COULD RECOUP IT BY <br />18 <br />