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OCT 2 21990 <br />mac . 451: PAGE 45 <br />MR. LUNDY COMMENTED THAT THE RATES IN THE CITY ARE LOWER, <br />AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT YOU CANNOT COMPARE THIS TO THE CITY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE BOND ISSUE IS BASED <br />UPON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INCOME FLOWING INTO THE SYSTEM. PART OF IT <br />COMES FROM THE RATES AND PART FROM CONNECTION FEES, ETC. IF YOU. LOWER <br />THE RATES, YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE REVENUE SOME PLACE ELSE. <br />MR. LUNDY NOTED THAT THE TAP -IN CHARGES HAVE BEEN INCREASED <br />FROM $250 TO $4001 AND IT WOULD COST A NEW CUSTOMER AROUND $600 TO <br />GET WATER. MANY FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD THIS. HE CONTINUED THAT MANY <br />HAVE $70.00,$$0.00 AND $100.00 WATER BILLS, AND THEY WANT FMHA TO LOOK <br />INTO THIS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT IN REGARD TO THE WATER IN <br />VERO BEACH BEING CHEAPER THAN WATER IN THE COUNTY THAT THE COUNTY <br />CANNOT PROVIDE THE SERVICE AT THE SAME COST AS SOMEONE WHO WENT INTO <br />THE BUSINESS TWENTY YEARS AGO WHEN CAPITAL COSTS WERE MUCH LESS. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT WE COULD MAKE A REQUEST OF <br />FMHA, BUT FELT WE SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE FACT THAT THOSE <br />RATES WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO COME UP <br />WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS. THIS SYSTEM HAS LOST MONEY SINCE <br />THE BEGINNING, AND IT IS VERY PROBABLE THAT FMHA MIGHT SAY THAT WE <br />CANNOT MEET OUR COMMITMENTS AT THE PRESENT RATE, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />GRANT PREAPPLICATION, DOLLARS ARE SET ASIDE THAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE USED <br />TO BE OF ASSISTANCE WITH THE TAP -IN FEES. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT <br />ALTHOUGH FMHA INDICATED THEY COULD ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH THE TAP -IN <br />FEES BY MAKING LOANS AT A VERY LOW INTEREST BASIS, THEY HAVE NOT RE- <br />CEIVED EVEN ONE APPLICATION. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE LOOKED FOR GRANT <br />PROGRAMS TO ASSIST THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE TAP -IN FEES, COM- <br />MISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT SINCE JUNE IST OF THIS YEAR, THERE <br />HAVE BEEN ONLY SEVEN ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS; S0, IT LOOKS AS IF WE <br />ARE NOT GOING TO GET MANY MORE CUSTOMERS AND POSSIBLY WE MIGHT HAVE <br />TO RAISE PRICES. <br />VALERIE GRANT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE WORKS WITH MR. <br />LUNDY ON THE WATER COMMITTEE AND SHE DID CONCUR WITH MR. VIODTKE <br />ABOUT RATES POSSIBLY GOING UP AND WITH THE IDEA OF APPLYING FOR <br />GRANTS. SHE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF USING COM- <br />iiwY DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDS FOR'THIS PURPOSE. <br />46 - <br />