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APR 2 31900 a 49 F*294 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ADVISED THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL PAY A TAP -ON FEE, AND THAT THE INCREASE IS NEEDED TO PAY OFF THE BONDS. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THE BOARD IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH A UNIFIED SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY TO TRY AND TREAT ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS IN THESAME MANNER; ALSO, THE GIFFORD RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PAYING THE SAME RATES THAT ARE PROPOSED TODAY. IV .JAMES DUFFY, 1460 4TH COURT, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND ALSO OBJECTED TO THE INCREASE, WHICH HE FIGURED TO BE 65%. HE STATED HE HAS BEEN AT THE SAME LOCATION FOR SEVEN YEARS, USES 3,000 TO 4,000 GALLONS A MONTH WITH AN AVERAGE BILL OF $5.00 TO $6.00 A MONTH. MR. DUFFY COMPLAINED THAT THE PIPES WERE BAD, THE WATER WAS RUSTY, AND THE SERVICE WAS BAD, COMMISSIONER LYONS INTERJECTED THAT MR. DUFFY HAD PUT HIS FINGER ON PART OF THE COUNTY'S PROBLEM - THE OLD WATER PLANT THAT WAS IN THERE DIDNIT TAKE IN ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP IT UP. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF THE COUNTY TAKES IT OVER AND UPGRADES THE SYSTEM, IT WOULD COST MORE MONEY, MR. LINER COMMENTED THAT THERE ARE OLD PIPES IN THE GROUND WHICH NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY HAVE PLANS TO CHANGE SOME OF THEM FROM GALVANIZED TO PLASTIC IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS. HE ADDED THAT THE COUNTY IS BUYING ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WATER FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. MR. LINER BELIEVED THAT IF THE RATES WERE CHANGED TO WHAT THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO BETTER MAIN- TENANCE ON THIS SYSTEM, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED WHAT WOULD BE, FROM A BOOKKEEPING STANDPOINT, A FEASIBLE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. DISCUSSION CONTINUED AND IT WAS AGREED THAT JUNE 1, 1980 WOULD BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE. COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THIS NEW RATE WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR NEXT BILL. 40 _ -