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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />Feb. 18, 2003 <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />have assessed them verses what their claim is and should have been charged. <br /> City Attorney Schenk said they were at a point where they have finally <br />resolved all of those discrepancies and now they are going to talk about long <br />term as to what is the city' s obligation to them in regard to the amount of water <br />they should receive and what they should pay for the water. He anticipated <br />going to the smaller entities and using that basis in dealing with them. Mr. <br />Anderson advised that Toco is only sewer and it is an insignificant amount, and <br />they get their water from Lamar County Water Supply. He said the city does <br />not bill those people individually. Lamar County Water Supply pays for their <br />water, and the sewer volume is based on the assumption number that Lamar <br />County supplies the city. It is something that needs to be addressed, but if it <br />was a bump in the road you would never feel it if you drove over it because it <br />is so small. Mr. Campbell said this is another mandate from the EPA. They <br />told the city we had to take sewage from Toco and that cost is for sewer not <br />water. <br /> <br />The City Attorney explained that the city' s problem is with legislation that has <br />been on the books in Washington for some time and some changes in state <br />legislation, the city's problem is that it did an annexation in the service area <br />of Lamar County Water Supply. Unless the city can enter into a contract that <br />is reasonable to both the City of Paris and Lamar County Water Supply District, <br />the city will end up paying an enormous price to obtain Lamar County's <br />infrastructure. The infrastructure may be a substandard infrastructure, but that <br />is what the city has to do because of the certification process. <br /> <br />Mr. Johns advised that since 1985, Campbell Soup rates have tripled, <br />residential rates have gone up 56%, and they are on a cost of service contract <br />and asked if the cost of service has gone up 300% or 56%. Mr. Quarles said <br />when you say cost of service contract, that means Campbell Soup pays cost of <br />that water, and asked how has that water increased 300% at the same time the <br />residential rates have gone up 56%? <br /> <br />Mr. Campbell said he can show them by looking at the first diagram of his <br /> <br /> <br />