05-28-1974 - Workshop
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THE S D F C I /I L ',I n r V S H r r '~F F T P' r, 0 F T H F C IT y n FED r; E If I' T F r
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The Snpcii'll l'nrksh0n r1~ptinn of the ('it\! of Erioe\"ater, Florida
Has called tn nrrlcr '1av 2g, 197t! bv r1avor flavid C. Severance.
r1avnr Severance stated that toninht we Are noino to he discussin"
the "ater ,q Seltler rates. He stated that "lr. runninaharl is here
tonioht to nive us the renort on the amended nortions of the
~ater ~ sewer rates. fifter he has nresented this.he will discuss
it with the Council and then the Council will listen to KB~ anyone
in the audience who wishes to srei'lk. When called unon nive ynur
name and address and vnu may sneak abnut what YOU would like.
He then turned the floor over to r'1r. Cunninoham.
Mr. Cunninnham stated that after the nublic hearinG that was
held. the discussion on the ~rates that had been nronosed. After
much discussi0n these are the adjusted amendments that we have
nrnnnsed to the Council for their consideration for adortion.
The old rates that we had was 3.000 nallons minimum. we still
nronoserl that this be adjusted to 2,000 Gallons minimum. The
m i n i m 1I m e h a r a e b e ~? 7 5 for the fir s t 2.0 n (1 0 a 11 0 n s VI h e rea S' Kit
was t2.50 for ~.nnn oallons. They have ~ronosed that each additionil
1,000 ollons be charned at the rate nf 55t ner thousand nallons
instead of 45t. This is for sinnle unit consumers. For multi-
unit users ~e rrnrnsed for a 2 unit multi-unit comnlex that the
minimum be increAsed w~wx to 4.000 Gallons with the minimum charon
~~,75. Each additional thousand at the rate of 55t ner thousand~
Fnr trailer n?rks a minimum charon of &2.75 for the first 2.00C
oallnns nlus t t?ro for each additional oceunind trailer snace.
with an allnwatln ?,C00 oallons ~nr each nccurierl srace. They
made an addustrlort Flt to the current tan fees, that the tap fee
be the cost of 1 ahibr and rnatpri al s nl us ?nO' but not 1 ess 1:1;(1n,
for a 3!~ ineh tan tlSn.nC.ore inch tar t?2s.r~. 1 1/2 inch tan
t ? 7 n . r; n. ff1 n r 2 ;' i n c h and u r 1 a b 0 r a r r1 rn ate ria 1 Ii!: n 1 u s 7 r s' .
This is his rrcommerdation oJli the ~fater p, sev'er ad,iustl9ll1FltS.
~r. Cal Dirtz as~ed about the cut offs for residentsthat miaht
an away for G to 8 months, then abnut the neonle livina in
trailer rark~ that leave for the summer. do they have to nay for
water that they are not usin0. I stated that he didn't think
t hat i t 1'/ a s fa i r w t hat the v h a vet 0 nay for s 0 met h i n q t hat the y
arf' not noina tn lAse. If the resirlents net the cut off, then
the trailer ri'lrks sh0uld Gf't it too. ,
There was much discussion on this.
Mavor Severance stated that
mobile homes in Ednewater.
Fdnewater 325 sinale family
water that thev nay for.
in round fiaures, there are ~no
We have rinht now in the City of
residents that do not use the ~inimun
r'l a If 0 r S eve ran c e ask e d the n eon 1 e i f the If tho u q h t t hat the \,/ ate r
in this City j~x is adaouate and is 100% the standard that it
should be. The Pudience answered that no it was not.
Mayor Severance stated that that is leadina to the very thino
that we are tryina to do. #1 The water is not at the canasitv
e level that it should be, it is safe and passes the health standards
but it is not what is should be. The rea~on is that the water plant
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that we have is inade~uAte. A new system is needed, if you want
the nroner kind of water everybody in the City has qot to he1n us
nay for it. .
Mr. Clark from Clark's Launrlrv ~At snoke un abrut him hav~nn to
ray lrC~ for sr~er for his lauddrv mat anrl car ~ash.
n a v 0 r S eve ran c est ate rl t hat h ('\ l! n 0 e r s tan d Sf.' r. C 1 ark s no i n t a s
far a s a 1 a reI(:> use r 0 f \" ate r, you do use n lot 0 f \'1 ate r a Iv1 V 0 U
n a v for the \" n t p r . I t C 0 s t s , J S n u i ten bit () f m 0 n (' y t 0 r e eye 1 e
thnt water. This ~atpr that is noinn back throunh the sewer
systef'l, that's v'here \,Ie are loosinn some of our money.
"a v 0 r S eve ran c est ate d t hat t h pro un c i 1 "Ii 11 her i s c tl S sin nth i S
(\clain at annthf'r Pnrksho1'" before the orrlinance is nrerarecl,
MAvor Severancp stated that there will he a recommerldation in
renards to a cut off fee, from the Council, as to hn~ it will
work they rlo not know. There will be somethinn tk in the
nrdinance nertaininn to cut offs for trailers.
~avor Severance then nave ~rs. Christy the floor.
"r. Christy talked on the cut offs anrl the difference beh'een
a trailer and a homeg(resirlenti~l).
Mr. ^rmstrona brnunht un some noints on Orrlinance 4no. concerninn
ther rates and the cut offs and cut ons.
Mayor Severance staterl that at 7:0n P.M. on June 10th there
will be some movies held in the Community Center in reaard to
Civil nefense, Fire, Police, Pollution (0ntrol.
~r. (unninoham stated that there were no chanoes in the sewer
recommednation which would be 100 % of the water. There were
no channes inthe <<loom connection fee for sewane.
Mayor Severance adjourned this meetino.