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I <br />1 <br />I <br />ANNIE SANDERS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE <br />SEWERAGE, AND HER BILL IS MORE THAN THAT OF HER DAUGHTER WHO DOES HAVE <br />SEWERAGE. SHE STATED HER FIRST BILL WAS $16.00, AND THEN SHE PAID $32.00 <br />IN ONE MONTH WHICH SHE DOES NOT FEEL IS FAIR. SHE NOTED THAT SHE CAN <br />ONLY WASH ONCE A WEEK, AND SHE HAS SEVEN IN THE FAMILY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE SEWER BILL IS NOT CON- <br />NECTED TO THE WATER BILL, AND HER DAUGHTER WOULD.BE PAYING A FLAT RATE <br />OF $7.50 A MONTH FOR THE SEWERAGE. <br />MRS. SANDERS NOTED THAT SHE PAID $200..00 CASH AND THEN WAS <br />CHARGED $15.00 MORE TO GET THE METER, PLUS SHE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE IT <br />HOOKED UP TO THE HOUSE. SHE FELT IF THE COUNTY WANTS 200 OR 300 MORE <br />PEOPLE ON THE WATER SYSTEM, THEY WILL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THIS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT MR. LUNDY HAS MADE HIS POINT ABOUT <br />SOME FIGURES BEING VERY HIGH AND OTHERS VERY LOW. SHE AGREED THIS NEEDS <br />TO BE CHECKED OUT, AND THE COUNTY NEEDS SOME TIME TO IRON THE KINKS OUT <br />OF THE SYSTEM. <br />MR. LUNDY NEXT'DISCUSSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY, <br />NOTING THAT CONSIDERABLE TIME AND EFFORT HAVE -GONE INTO STUDIES ON THIS <br />SUBJECT, HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000 NAMES ON <br />A PETITION REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD TAKE STEPS TO APPOINT A HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY. HE COMMENTED THAT THE PEOPLE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THE -BOARD <br />WOULD MAKE A DECISION AT THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN .JANUARY, AFTER <br />BEING ASSURED THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD PASS A BILL GIVING THE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONTROL OVER A HOUSING AUTHORITY. MR. <br />LUNDY COMMENTED THAT THE PEOPLE HAD HOPED TO HAVE ANOPPORTUNITY TO <br />EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON WHY WE NEED A HOUSING AUTHORITY AT THIS HEARING, <br />BUT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO. MR. LUNDY POINTED OUT THAT RECOMMENDATIONS <br />HAVE BEEN MADE BY A HOUSING STUDY COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF A HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED <br />THAT -THERE IS A NEED, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING AND NO ONE HAS <br />BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. MR. LUNDY CONTINUED <br />THAT REPRESENTATIVE PATCHETT HAS STATED THAT THE COMMISSION CAN ACT <br />WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BILL IS PASSED, AND SINCE SO MUCH TIME <br />22 <br />11 B.aoK 39 PAGE 376 <br />