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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />May 15, 2003 <br />Page 37 <br /> <br />it. He said this is not a simple thing it is pretty complex. The City Manager <br />stated that they may have a recommendation and whatever they recommend, <br />they will recommend something that they think is reasonable and responsible. <br />He said that it may not make everyone happy. Mr. Malone said that there is <br />no way to avoid a rate increase because of the debt that was issued several <br />years ago and they did not raise the rates at the time it was issued. He said that <br />the city issued the debt to meet an EPA mandate, and met that, and, in the <br />process, they saved the tax payers 7 million dollars. He said he had a list of <br />dirty water complaints along with sewer and point repairs that they are doing <br />daily. City Manager Malone said they are getting the overhead tank <br />constructed, which will help Campbell Soup, along with fire protection. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata said two people called him about the dirty water and they say <br />it is reoccurring ever three of four months. The City Engineer is working on <br />it. City Engineer Napier reported that this is an on going; it was being done <br />when he was hired and they have continued these projects. He said that he is <br />getting replacement schedules together to replace a lot of those lines causing <br />rusty water problems. The way he is handling it is if he gets 10 calls on one <br />street, and one call on another street, he is going to repair the line where the 10 <br />calls first. The City Engineer said there are contractors doing it along with <br />Public Works, which also has a crew that does some water and sewer repairs. <br />Mr. Napier said that they have their hands full repairing leaks and unstopping <br />sewer lines. <br /> <br />Chairman Plata said one private contractor does water, one does sewer, and one <br />does manholes, and if these people are having problems reoccurring every 3 or <br />4 months, couldn't the city get someone else to come in and replace these lines. <br />City Manager Malone said they were open to other contractors and that is <br />something that we can consider doing. He said the city only has so many <br />inspectors available. We don't want to increase and hire dedicated personnel <br />and increase the budget in that respect because you have to have someone <br />supervising the work and we are doing work by the day and it is our paid <br />employees making sure that we get what we are paying for and making sure the <br />pipe is being installed properly. City Manager Malone also said the work by <br /> <br /> <br />