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SOOK A3 PAC*7 14 DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND MR. LINER EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE CITY'S ATTITUDE IN REGARD TO THE RATES WILL NOT CHANGE. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE MUST AGREE, AND HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A LOWER RATE UNLESS WE HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION IN MR. LINER'S MEMORANDUM OF .JUNE 4TH THAT WE JUST MOVE ALONG AS FAST AS WE CAN TO� GET OURSELVES OUT OF THIS SITUATION AND.NOT BOTHER WITH THE PERMUTIT UNITS. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS - SIGNER Loy, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE UTILITY DIRECTOR IN REGARD TO THE SOUTH COUNTY WATER SYSTEM AS SET OUT IN HIS MEMORAN- DUM OF .JUNE 4, 1980. MR. LINER STATED THAT HE WILL PURSUE THE POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE FRANCHISEE THAT COULD SUPPLY US WITH WATER. -- COMMISSIONER LYONS QUESTIONED THE TREATMENT OF THE WATER FROM THE FRANCHISEE AND WHETHER IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE CITY SYSTEM. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON AGREED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. TO BE ANSWERED AND FELT THIS HAD NOT BECOME AN ADVISABLE ALTERNATIVE UNTIL THIS SITUATION AROSE. HE NOTED THAT MR. LINER WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE IF IT IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE. HE COMMENTED THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN THE RED ON THIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER SPOKE ABOUT THE CONSIDERABLE COST WHICH WOULD BE INVOLVED IN REPAIRING THE PERMUTIT UNITS AND, IN ADDITION, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE DER WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO AWAY WITH THESE UNITS WHICH INVOLVE SODIUM TREATMENT AND MAY AFFECT PEOPLE WITH HEART PROBLEMS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT IF WE USE WATER FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, WE CANNOT ADD ANY NEW CUSTOMERS. MR. NELSON AGREED THAT SUBSTANTIALLY WE CANNOT, BUT WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR LEVEL OF CUSTOMERS. COMMISSIONER LYONS BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY OF DIVIDING THE LINES AND HAVING PART OF THE SYSTEM ON THE OTHER WATER AND BEING ABLE TO ADD CUSTOMERS IN THAT MANNER.