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THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE CARE OF THE SYSTEM AND WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO HUTCHINSON UTILITIES. MR. MORRISON REITERATED HE WAS CONCERNED THAT HUTCHINSON UTILITIES WOULD BECOME INCUMBENT ON THE COUNTY` AS HE DID NOT THINK THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES TO DO THE JOB. MR. AIELLO STRESSED THAT THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE JOB - THEY HAVE PURCHASED A PLANT AND THEY HAVE PLANS TO SHOW EXPANSION. HE NOTED THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE A TOTAL BUILD -OUT AND IT IS BEING DONE TWO OR THREE YEARS IN ADVANCE, AND THAT SHOULD TAKE SOME OF THE WORRY OFF THE MINDS OF THE COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BIRD REFLECTED ON AN OLD SAYING THAT YOU MAKE MONEY IN THE WATER BUSINESS BUT NOT IN THE SEWER BUSINESS. WITH THA, THOUGHT IN MIND, HE ASKED WHY MR. AIELLO WANTED THIS FRANCHISE, WHY HE WANTED TO UPGRADE THIS SYSTEM, AND DID HE HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF PROVIDING SERVICE ONLY IN THE MOORINGS. MR. AIELLO STATED THAT IF THEY COULD PROVIDE OTHER SERVICE, THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO DO S0, AS THEIR FACILITY WOULD HAVE RESERVE STORAGE - BUT IT IS BEING DESIGNED FOR THE MOORINGS. COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO SPEND $100,000 TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND INQUIRED IF THEY COULD OPERATE IN THE. MOORINGS AND MAKE MONEY AT THE PRESENT RATES. MR. AIELLO RESPONDED NEGATIVELY. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE MOORINGS WAS LOSING $30,000 A YEAR. THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT SINCE DECEMBER ON THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN THAT OF HUTCHINSON UTILITIES. CHAIRMAN LYONS -ASKED THE ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS SITUATION WHERE HUTCHINSON UTILITIES WAS SPENDING MONEY IN ANTICIPATION OF TAKING OVER THE FRANCHISE. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN BECAUSE MR. AIELLO HAS MADE SOME COMMITMENTS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COUNTY HAS BECOME A PART OF IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS DID NOT THINK THAT THE COUNTY WAS AT THAT POINT NOW, AND FELT THAT MR. AIELLO IS AT RISK IN SPENDING THIS MONEY. JUL 15 'dqa� 11 Boos 6 FAI)t833 z