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on a franchise until this is all settled. Mr. Nelson did <br />appreciate the offer about crediting the $143,000, which is now <br />down to $120,000, to some part of the project, but that would not <br />help the residents. In conclusion, he expressed the hope that we <br />can come up with some kind of an agreement in the meantime. Mr. <br />Nelson sat down amid much applause from the audience. <br />Chairman Bird asked if anyone else wished to be heard, and <br />there were none. <br />Commissioner Scurlock had some comments. He did agree that <br />Administrator Chandler did an excellent job going back into the <br />history of this whole situation, but he felt he did have to <br />correct a few things that have been said. First of all, the <br />system can be charged for any shortfall in revenues, and he has <br />looked at that. If the Commission indicated for whatever reason <br />that they believe what has been said and that 2 million had to be <br />generated, it would be collected with a 16% rate increase for the <br />rest of the people that are on the system. Our utilities system <br />is an enterprise fund, and it is totally supported by the users; <br />so,. if a decision were made that there were some dollars due, it <br />would come from all users of the entire system wherever they were <br />located. <br />Commissioner Scurlock stated that Mr. Nelson has made an <br />excellent presentation— He noted that Mr: Nelson is very bright, <br />and pointed out that- Mr. Nelson was at all the meetings back in <br />1985; he had all the franchise agreements available and all the <br />documentation available back at that time; and Commissioner <br />Scurlock noted that he personally brought that 1985 franchise <br />agreement to the table at that time. Now, what everyone at those <br />meetings did or did not understand at that time, no one can say, <br />but Commissioner Scurlock noted that he personally can state that <br />in regard to the transfer, the universal agreement of the <br />committee was don't go too strong and too heavy against the <br />mobile home park owner because if you do, it will be interpreted <br />that it is mandated and there will be an immediate pass back to <br />the resident. That group consistently warned him, as the <br />County's liaison, not to be too aggressive. It was urged, since <br />they had lifetime leases, that we work out an agreement with the <br />park owner to spread this out and give him a 10 year payment <br />plan. The overriding concern was don't do anything too <br />aggressive, and everybody thought this was a vehicle to spread <br />payments over a period of time and, in fact, allow individuals <br />not to have to pay anything until they sell their unit. <br />Now, whether those decisions were good decisions or bad <br />decisions may be debated today, but Commissioner Scurlock pointed <br />out that the D.R.I. said the wastewater was a temporary facility <br />17 <br />BOOK. Q �+ PS E= <br />