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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee May 15, 2003 Page 22 Greenville back and talked to Larry Olson who is their Water Superintendent. Chairman Plata said Mr. Olson told him that he does not have maintenance in water production. Mr. Olson said that there are four employees that stay in sewer maintenance and they provide maintenance for the water production and sewer maintenance by splitting their time. Mr. Campbell said he had talked to Mr. Olson several times, but he did not have that information. Chairman Plata asked Mr. Campbell if Mr. Olsen had told him, as far as the lift stations, about the SSIP. Mr. Campbell said he did. Chairman Plata said that is a Sewer System Improvement Project and they are in trouble like Paris was about the manholes overflowing. He said what they are doing is a capital project and they have 7 people placed in this division and they work manholes, sewer and any breaks in the sewer system, but they also gave them the lift stations. Mr. Campbell said there are two people out of that SSIP Program that take care of the lift stations. He said that those 2 people are dedicated to the lift stations and also work on other things, but they mainly do work on the lift stations. Mr. Campbell said Greenville has 13 lift stations where the City of Paris has 18 lift stations and Greenville's largest pump at the lift station is about a 35 HP, and the City of Paris's largest pump is 148 HP. Mr. Campbell also added that on the SSIP Program they have been charging $0.90 per 1,000 gallons extra on their sewer charge for the last five years and they are getting ready to sell 10 million dollars of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds so they can finish up that SSIP Project. He said that is going to affect Greenville's water and sewer rate the same way that debt affects the rate for the City of Paris. Mr. Plata said that people have told him that he has been had because Mr. Campbell says his numbers are not correct; but he did not think so. He said he is getting his input by talking to all of the other cities. He said that the more he talks to people the more he has seen that improvements can be made in the operation of the water production and the wastewater treatment plants. City Manager Malone asked Chairman Plata if he had seen Greenville's plant and he said no. City Manager Malone said the two plants are completely different. Mr. Campbell said he has a lot of information on Greenville because he has a copy of their budget. Chairman Plata said Greenville is having to cut