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I <br />MR. LUNDY FELT THAT WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE, ESPECIALLY WHERE <br />CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED, BUT STATED THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY OTHER <br />FAMILIES WITH JUST ONE OR TWO MEMBERS ARE BILLED THE SAME AS LARGER <br />FAMILIES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED MR. LUNDY IF HE FELT TWO PEOPLE COULD <br />USE AS MUCH WATER AS 10 PEOPLE, AND MR. LUNDY DID NOT BELIEVE S0. THE <br />ATTORNEY THEN ASKED MR. LUNDY WHETHER ALL PEOPLE USE THE SAME AMOUNT OF <br />WATER, AND MR. LUNDY AGREED THEY DO'NOT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF THE WATER RUNS THROUGH <br />THE METER, THE CUSTOMER WILL BE BILLED FOR IT REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT <br />GOES, HE FELT WHAT REALLY IS BEING QUESTIONED IS THE ACCURACY OF THE <br />METERS. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NEIL IELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEAKS IN GIFFORD, AND THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT HAS <br />MADE CHECKS ON MANY ACCOUNTS. HE STATED THAT ONE PERSON USED 219,000 <br />GALLONS AND ANOTHER OVER 500,000 GALLONS, AND THIS WAS DUE TO LEAKS, BUT <br />AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION WAS MADE AND THEY WERE NOT BILLED FOR THOSE <br />AMOUNTS, MR. NELSON NOTED THAT THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE TO GO <br />BY THE METERS, UNLESS IT CAN BE DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE MALFUNCTIONING. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT IT WOULD HELP bF THE CUSTOMERS WOULD <br />LEARN TO READ THE METERS AND THUS BE ABLE TO CHECK ON THEIR OWN CONSUMP— <br />TION OF WATER. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS <br />ON THE CUSTOMER'S SIDE OF THE METER IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, AND ANYTHING <br />• <br />THAT HAPPENS ON THE UTILITIES SIDE OF THE METER IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSI— <br />BILITY. HE COMMENTED THAT CHECKING THE METERS IS EASY TO DO, AND HE <br />WAS SURE THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW <br />TO DO THIS. <br />MR. LUNDY REPEATED THAT THEY CAN'T BALANCE OUT HOW LARGE <br />FAMILIES CAN PAY LESS THAN FAMILIES CONSISTING -OF ONE OR TWO PERSONS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT IF ANYONE FEELS THEIR METER IS <br />MALFUNCTIONING, WE WILL BE GLAD TO CHECK IT OUT. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />IF THERE IS A LEAK IN THE ROAD, THAT WATER DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE METER <br />19 <br />$ 39 PAUE 373 <br />APR 4 1979 <br />