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City Council W~er & Sewer Subcommi~ee <br />May15,2003 <br />Page 19 <br /> <br />saving that money. City Manager Malone said what he would like to <br />recommend to the committee is that they take some time and visit these <br />facilities and actually see in person what the facilities are, how complex they <br />are, get demonstrations on how the system works and actually understand how <br />these processes work in treating water and treating wastewater and what a lift <br />station does, how large it is, and where it is located, and get some sense of what <br />type business the city is running. He said it is difficult to envision that some <br />major changes could be made in our operation based on data that is really not <br />relevant to what it is that we are trying to do because this is a very serious <br />matter that affects the public health along with the economy of our town. He <br />said they are committed to work in ways that are reasonable and in ways where <br />the city could cut back. City Manager Malone said the proposed budgets are <br />coming in from the department heads and he will be working on those this next <br />week. He stated that one area of concern is the Campbell Soup rate and it is on <br />all of our minds. City Manager Malone said the wastewater does not have a <br />serious impact on that, and they will be looking at all the things for the next <br />year and see if we can find ways to hold it down and level it out and recoup. <br /> <br />City Manager Malone said the city is in the red and is approaching the situation <br />of violating our bond covenants. He said there is a water production study <br />going on and when that is completed, the city will know what our plant <br />capacity is and what the plant actually treats along with what we have available <br />for sale. The City Manager said we have been discussing our water treatment <br />plant capacity as being 36 million gallons a day and that is the designed <br />production of that plant at a .5 turbidity unit, and that has changed. He said <br />that the regulations have gone down to a .3 turbidity unit and this is going to <br />change the capacity of our plant. He explained another limitation on the plants <br />production as we have a contract with Lamar Power Partners to provide up to <br />8 million gallons per day of raw water. He said that, presently, the city can <br />receive 28 million gallons a day of raw water from Pat Mayse with the facilities <br />that we have. The City Manager said they were doing a study to see how <br />much silt that is in Lake Crook, but they have the possibility of delivering 8 <br />million gallons a day for Lake Crook, so that bring us up to 28 million gallons <br />a day. He explained that, due to these factors, at this time, under no <br /> <br /> <br />