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COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT IF THE COUNTY WANTED TO DO AN INSPEC- <br />TION ON THEIR OWN THAT HUTCHINSON UTILITIES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR <br />THAT. MR. LINER DID NOT ENVISION ANY SPECIAL COST, <br />MR. LINER NEXT DISCUSSED INCLUDING A FEE FOR INSPECTING FUTURE <br />CONNECTIONS TO DETERMINE THAT THEY MEET COUNTY STANDARDS.- <br />ATTORNEY <br />TANDARDS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THIS SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT AND FELT <br />IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN 4B, HUTCHINSON UTILITIES HAD NO PROBLEM WITH <br />THAT, AND THE BOARD AGREED A PROVISION RE FEES FOR INSPECTION OF FUTURE <br />INSTALLATIONS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS SET OUT IN ORDINANCE 80-13, <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD BROUGHT UP POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE <br />FRANCHISE AND WISHED TO HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT IF HUTCHINSON HAD <br />EXCESS PLANT CAPACITY, IT WOULD BE RESERVED FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO <br />APPROVE ANY EXPANSION BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES GRANTED AND CLEARLY THIS <br />DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY OTHER COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE WISHED TO HAVE INFORMATION AS TO TH- <br />VALUE OF THE FRANCHISE - HOW MUCH THE LINES ARE WORTH, THE PLANT <br />SYSTEM, ETC,j - TO.GIVE US A BASE UPON WHICH TO NEGOTIATE IN THE <br />FUTURE WHEN WE GET INTO RATE HEARINGS, <br />ANTHONY VALLI, ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS OF HUTCHINSON UTILITIES <br />POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS CONSTANT CHANGE IN THE BASE THAT WILL FIX <br />THE TOTAL ASSETS OF THE CORPORATION. THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE IS <br />BASED 'UPON A DIRECT OPERATING COST OF $130,000 PER YEAR; IT HAS NOTHING <br />TO DO WITH CAPITAL VALUE, AND THESE COSTS WILL NOT REMAIN STATIC SINCE <br />THEY WILL BE USING MORE POWER, ADDING MORE PERSONNEL, ETC, <br />.JOHN TESTAL, C.P.A. FOR HUTCHINSON, INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT A O TO 10% PROFIT IS ALSO BUILT INTO THE RATE STRUCTURE. HE <br />STATED THAT THE INVESTMENT CAN T BE DEFINED; THERE IS NO PLANT CAPITAL- <br />.IZED ON THE BALANCE SHEET, AND WHAT HUTCHINSON IS DOING IS PROVIDING <br />EFFLUENT TO THE GOLF COURSE FOR YEARS TO COME, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />75 <br />BOaK 4 PACE 278 <br />I <br />