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MR. SALTER REQUESTED THAT GARY ASHTON OF ASHTON UTILITIES <br />RESPOND TO THIS SINCE THEY WERE THE ONES HE PAID TO HAVE PUMPS AND <br />MOTORS REPLACED IN THE LIFT STATIONS. <br />UTILITIES. <br />DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN GARY ASHTON OF ASHTON <br />MR. ASHTON CONTENTJED THAT PUMPING THE WASTE ONTO THE GROUND <br />IN THE WOODS WAS PREFERABLE TO HAVING IT BACK UP INTO HOUSES. MR. <br />ASHTON CONFIRMED THAT WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HIS FIRM REPAIRED <br />THE PUMPS IN THE LIFT STATIONS, REPLACED SEALS AND BUSHINGS AND REWOUND <br />THE MOTORS; HOWEVER, THE COLD WEATHER CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE, WHICH <br />CAUSED THE WATER TO RISE, AND WHEN THE PUMPS CAME BACK ON IN THE WATER, <br />THEY BURNED OUT. IN ADDITION, HE NOTED THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACTS <br />OF VANDALISM. <br />QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHY THESE WERE NOT SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS, <br />AND MR. ASHTON NOTED THAT THE SYSTEM IS OVER 20YEARS OLD AND HE DID <br />KNOW IF THEY HAD SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS AT THAT TIME. <br />DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN IRA MCALLISTER, COUNTY <br />UTILITY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, WHO INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT HE HAS <br />MADE FREQUENT TRIPS TO THE LIFT STATIONS IN QUESTION; THE DOOR LOCKS <br />HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, AND HE DID NOT SEE <br />THE LIFT STATION OPERATING DURING THIS TIME EXCEPT WHEN THE TEMPORARY <br />PUMP WAS IN THERE PUMPING THE SEWAGE OUT ONTO THE GROUND. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INQUIRED ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE STATEMENT <br />MADE THAT MR. SALTER HAS NO WAY OF RECOVERING HIS COST IF HE PUT IN <br />A SEWAGE -TREATMENT PLANT, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT MR. <br />— SALTER PURCHASED STOCK AND SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS <br />WERE UNDER THAT FRANCHISE. HE DID NOT FEEL IT IS UP TO THE COUNTY <br />TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT MR. SALTER CAN RETIRE HIS <br />DEBT SERVICEol AND IF MR. SALTER FELT THE INVESTMENT WAS WORTHWHILE <br />ENOUGH TO INVEST IN, HE SHOULD BE WILLING TO CARRY THROUGH ON HIS <br />OBLIGATIONS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />z� <br />15 <br />M$� <br />S <br />F <br />