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DEC 15 1982 <br />COMPLAINT BY MRS. COLLINS RE UTILITY DEPOSIT <br />The Board reviewed staff memo as follows: <br />TO: The Honorable Members of the <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Joseph Baird <br />Assistant Manager <br />1 <br />800K 52 427 <br />DATE: December 8, 1982 FILE: <br />SUBJECT: Mrs. Blanche V. Collins <br />$20.00 security deposit. <br />REFERENCES: <br />Mrs. Blanche V. Collins recently aired her complaint with Indian River <br />County Utilities Department about having to pay a $20.00 water deposit. <br />Mrs.'Collins spends her winters here in Vero Beach and returns to the North <br />for the summer. She feels that having to pay a 520.00 water deposit when <br />she is reconnected after returning from up North is not fair. firs. Collins has <br />checked with a few of her neighbors who live here all year around and <br />they have never had to pay a deposit. <br />We have explained to Mrs. Collins that when Indian River County Utilities <br />took over the Mid -Florida water system, which was the system that furnished <br />her area, they did not require that existing customers pay a $20.00 <br />deposit unless they had to be turned off and reconnected. 14e also showed <br />Mrs. Collins our ordinance 80-13 which states that a refundable deposit <br />will be required of all new customers and reconnected units. Mrs. Collins <br />still remains unsatisfied, however, if we were -not to require her to pay <br />a $20.00 water deposit, we would violate our ordinance 80-13 which promulgates <br />-our requirements for security deposit. <br />I have attached a copy of the page in the ordinance 80-13 that addresses <br />security deposits. <br />.B. DEPOSITS AND SERVICE CIIARGES <br />Security Deposit - A refundable deposit will be required of <br />all new customers and reconnected units per the following table: <br />Water Service: <br />5/8 X 3/4" Mctcr $ 20.00 <br />1" Meter 30.00 <br />1 1/2" Meter 40.00 <br />2" Meter 70.00 <br />3" Meter 120.00 <br />Sewer Service - Equal to water deposit; a water and sewer <br />customer will be 2 times t)le above table. Sewer only service <br />to franchised water ,service areas will pay a deposit of 1 1/2 <br />times the above figure. The deposits will ensure final payment <br />of any bill. Accrued interest of the escrowed deposits will be <br />applied to Operation and Maintenance Revenues, to hold down <br />general service charges. <br />