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SMALL AMOUNT AND THE REST BEING PUMPED NORTH, NE FELT WE SOON WILL HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO SERVE THE SOUTH COUNTY AS HE FELT THE CAPACITY WILL BE USED UP NOT TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE. ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED PARAGRAPH 3, AND NOTED THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS RELEASED 100,000 GPD OF THEIR WATER ALLOCATION, AND HE BELIEVED 100,000 GPD SEWER COULD BE RELEASED, TOO. HE FELT THE COUNTY COULD MAKE SOME COMMITMENT. HE STATED THAT PARAGRAPH 4 DEALS WITH "MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS ORDINANCES" OR A "MUTUAL AID" CONCEPT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THIS ALSO PROVIDES FOR MANDATORY HOOKUP. HE STATED THAT HE ASKED THE CITY IF THIS WOULD BE ON A TOTALLY EQUAL BASIS FOR CITY RESIDENTS AND COUNTY RESIDENTS, AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE. IN PARAGRAPH 5, IT SETS OUT THAT THE CITY WILL SET REASON- ABLE RATES TO BE SET OVER INTO THEIR GENERAL FUND; THEY ALSO WILL DELETE THE UTILITY TAX - ALL CUSTOMERS TO BE TREATED THE SAME. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAD A SERIOUS RESERVA- TION - HE DID NOT LIKE THE UTILITY TAX, BUT DID NOT LIKE THIS METHOD EITHER BECAUSE THE COUNTY RESIDENTS PAY AND IT GOES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY. ATTORNEY COLLINS VIEWED THIS AS A CONCESSION ON THE CITY'S PART. HE NOTED THEY HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CHARGE EXTRA TO COUNTY CUSTOMERS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE CONTINUED TO DISCUSS THE BENEFITS THAT WILL ACCRUE TO THE CITY, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS NOTED THAT THIS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THIS SAME MATTER, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE CITY WOULD COMPLAIN IF WE DID THIS AT THE LANDFILL, AND HE DIDN'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE. COMMISSIONER LOY DID NOT FEEL WE HAVE ANY CHOICE - THE CITY HAS A SERVICE WE WANT AND NEED, AND SHE FELT THEY HAVE MADE A CONCESSION TO MAKE RATES THE SAME, WHICH THEY HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE, SHE FELT IN THIS SENSE WE ARE SERVING THE COUNTY PEOPLE AND NOTED THAT IF WE HAD A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT WE DON'T. OCT 2 41979 57 B0°K 1 fAGE 803 � J