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W r Attorney Vitunac further noted that the base facility charge is a charge that doesn't change just because a customer discon- nects and goes north for the summer, but that doesn't mean it stays the same year to year. Director Pinto explained that what the County Commission is charged with approving on a rate increase is not a specific breakdown of rates, but a revenue requirement to operate the utility, which in this case is $169,000. He clarified that a utility comes in and says we need "X" amount of dollars to operate; the Board then determines whether or not those are legitimate expenses; and if it is determined that they are, these expenses are then distributed in some fashion through ratemaking. Director Pinto noted that the Board had some influence on how these costs were distributed in telling GDU we would like to see a fixed portion of the bill in a base facility charge so that the customer who is there for 12 months a year does not pay the burden of all the fixed cost of facility that is there for the availability being reserved for the person who is away on vacation. Albert Visca, resident of Vero Shores for thirteen years, acknowledged that he had been sworn in and stated that on Feb. 4th he received a bill of $21.29 for 11,000 gallons plus a charge of $12.80, or $33.09, and if you divide that by 11,000, he pays $3.30 per thousand gallons for water. He wished to know what his bill will be if GDU gets the raise. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that today we are only talking about wastewater, not water; so, it would be related back to a cap of 10,000 gallons, which is the maximum gallonage charged for on sewer. Therefore, according to the chart, , the charge would be $27.26 for 11,000 gallons sewer. Mr. Visca stated that his sewer bill would run higher than what he uses for the whole house and wanted to know why they 19 MAR 19 1996 gal F E 9 6 4 I