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NOV 9 1993 �c 5 fAs. Commissioner Wodtke believed there are many questions people would like to ask and many answers that he does not have. He stressed that he is not ready to make a decision on this agreement until he can tell the people what it will actually cost and what effect it will have. He liked the possibility of being able to serve the people here with county water but felt we should ask General Development to come back to us with the actual cost of purchasing the water as compared to building their own plant. He further won- dered if we use over 1,400,000 gallons if we might have to enlarge our plant to have capacity for other county areas. Discussion followed on the fact that the four million dollar bond issue would cover both water and sewer improvements. Mr. Fancher explained that it would cover the wastewater treatment plant expansion, building the expansion of the interconnecting line to tie into the county system, and also the impact fees that would have to be paid to the county. He further noted that the facilities that would be taken out of service relate only to -the ion exchange units and possibly the pumps and storage tanks, depending on the pressure delivered; so, there would not be that much of a reduction in the capital costs. Both alternatives would result in an increase from the current cost of providing services. Mr. Pinto stated that there is no question that if GDU could continue to maintain and use the present -facility that they could have water more reasonably than by building a new plant or buying from the county. If they..do not connect to the county plant, however, and they have to improve water quality, they are going to have to build a new treatment plant. Commissioner Scurlock felt the remaining question is whether we want to use that capacity in our Oslo plant for this purpose. 40