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AUG 131980 <br />HAS NOT BEEN USED TO RAISE REVENUE. <br />,aoox 44 PACE 247 <br />HE WENT ON THAT SOME TIME AGO WE <br />MADE THE DECISION THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE EVENTUALLY A UNIFIED WATER <br />SYSTEM IN THE.000NTY, THAT IT WAS A BETTER APPROACH FOR THE COUNTY <br />TO UNDERTAKE THE PASSAGE OF THE VARIOUS REVENUE BOND ISSUES, AND THE <br />COUNTY, IN ITS OWN NAME, WITHIN SPECIFIC TARGETED DESIGNATED AREAS, <br />TO IMPLEMENT WATER SYSTEMS. ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID THAT AS WE GROW, <br />THE SYSTEMS COULD BE INTEGRATED WITHIN ONE ANOTHER, ALL UNDER THE <br />UMBRELLA OF THE COUNTY, RATHER THAN DEALING WITH SEPARATE MUNICIPAL <br />SERVICE UNITS, AND MERGING THOSE UNITS INTO SOME OVERALL ENTITY. HE <br />STATED THAT WE ALSO PASSED THE RATE INCREASE WITHIN THE COUNTY SO <br />THAT THE RATES NOW APPLY UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ENGINEERS, IN THEIR STUDY, PARTICULARLY <br />DESIGNATED THE AREA WITHIN THE SOUTH COUNTY MUNICIPAL TAXING DISTRICT <br />BUT WHEN WE LOCATED THE PLANT, WE LOCATED IT ON THE SOUTH END, KEEPING <br />IN MIND THAT IT WOULD SERVE THE ENTIRE SOUTH COUNTY EVENTUALLY. HE <br />NOTED THAT IS THE REASON WHY IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE <br />TAXING UNIT RATHER THAN IN THE CENTER. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT <br />THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT IS UNDERTAKING THE BOND ISSUE AND IS UNDER— <br />TAKING THE EXECUTION OF THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF <br />THE ENGINEERS, ETC., HE DOES NOT THINK THERE IS ANYTHING MAGICAL ABOUT <br />THE BOUNDARY LINE, OR DOES NOT THINK IT IS EXCLUSIVE AS TO WHO WILL <br />OR WILL NOT BE SERVED WITHIN THE COUNTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT, TO <br />HIM, THE CRITERIA OF SERVICE IS THE AVAILABILITY, WHETHER OR NOT IT <br />IS REASONABLY ECONOMIC, AND WHETHER THERE IS UTILITY CAPABILITY FOR <br />THE COUNTY TO SERVE — NOT WHETHER IT IS ON THE NORTH OR SOUTH SIDE <br />OF OSLO ROAD, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THE COUNTY ESTABLISHED THE MUNICIPAL <br />TAXING UNIT TO GET THE SEED MONEY TO DO THE ENGINEERING AND IT WAS <br />HIS THOUGHT THAT THOSE WOULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE RECEIVING <br />SERVICE. HE ADDED THAT HE TOLD MR. REUTER THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE <br />TAXING DISTRICT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS THOUGHT IT WAS THE BOARDS DECISION WHO <br />RECEIVES IT, AS THE BOUNDARY LINE IS NOT A CONCRETE WALL. <br />