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that are the same for all the customers that we serve based on our costs and not charging a pretty substantial component of our customers rates that are based on someone else's cost of service entirely, I think is more accurate. Mr. Falls said let me add to that. After our meeting June 24'h your request was that we charge the Shores rates ... the South Beach residents the same as we charge the Shores and then you qualified that as County rates. We think that what you wanted was that your customers will be treated as any other customers in our service territory and as we move toward settling the Service Territory Agreement we are going to have rates in our service territory that reflect the cost of operating our system. Mr. Rob Bolton, Water and Sewer Director, added without any outside surcharges. Ms. Lawson said without any outside surcharges, exactly. Mr:. Brown said so, I have a couple of big points. My first thing is, I guess what would be contemplated if we were to reach an agreement here today is, the County would agree for the City to charge City rates in unincorporated areas, essentially right away whenever the rate study is done, so we'd be agreeing to that, meanwhile I don't know what the Town's reaction is to tllis. That may be to enter into litigation, I suspect it probably is, so I'm reluctant to enter into an agreement that I think will probably be challenged. So this whole idea that our residents would be charged the same as the Town residents, well you know; let's say for instance we meet an agreement and the County says sure, we'll do that and then the Town sues the City and the City ends up making some kind of settlement with the Town and says oh yeah we'll keep charging you the rates that you wanted during that time period. He. said I don't think as we sit here today we have the ability for the City to commit to being able to charge the Town those rates. The next concern that I have honestly is entering into an agreement with an entity that has already entered into an agreement with another municipality that you're just not honoring and so what can -make the County know that whatever agreement we do enter into that the City,is going to honor that five (5) years from now, 10 -years from now because it sounds like the City is saying, well that's what we entered into in 2012 with the Town isn't really working for us anymore so we're unilaterally going to tear it up and throw it into the garbage and do what we want to do. He asked how do we know that the City is not going to do that to the County area five (5) years from now or 10 -years from now. Ms. Lawson said I think, it's not that the City, and I'll give this back to the City Manager, that we're saying it isn't working for us anymore. What we're saying is that, I don't know how we got here, but we're in a situation where we're constrained to charge a large percentage of our customers rates, fees, and charges that are based on someone else's utility costs entirely and that is a problem. That's not proper rate making and you guys run a utility and you know that. I mean you wouldn't take someone else's rates and fees just because your customers like them better and apply them to all your. customers. You're rates are supposed to reflect what it costs you to provide service to your customers. So I don't know how we got here, but we're at a juncture where we don't feel like we can continue to do that, particularly since, and I know the Resolutions that are in effect, 3 07/22/21 Conflict Resolution