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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee May 15, 2003 Page 7 had a boil water notice during the time that Mr. Campbell and his employees have been operating this plant. That is not saying that it might not happen, but there are a lot of circumstances that can cause a city to issue a boil water notice, and it behooves them to protect the public health and safety. Other plants have methods of handling sludge and other cities do things differently, but those who have this type system usually have a mechanical mixer, which the city does not have. He stated that since this rule has been implemented, it has become even more stringent and more important for this to happen. He said that we do not need to put the burden of issuing a boil water notice on our citizens and our industry because it will be in the newspaper and it is a really big deal. Chairman Plata said that staff was just saying that this could happen and are making it a reality; but in reality, what staff is saying is that the city has never come close to having a boil water notice. City Manager Malone said that was not true, saying we have not said that we have never come close to having a boil water notice. He said that we have come close several times. Mr. Campbell pointed out that Chairman Plata came out and looked at that last water leak and the city came close to having a boil water notice on that occasion and there are different ways that a city can have a boil water notice. Mr. Campbell stressed again that if that sludge builds up in there and it gets carried over into the basins, they can not treat that out of there, and then we could have a boil water notice. Councilwoman Neeley wanted to know if the money was in the budget to purchase mechanical mixers. City Manager Malone stated that as he said in the memo, Mr. Campbell budgeted those funds in that account to purchase mechanical mixing equipment. He said that during budget time, the city is six months ahead of the beginning of the fiscal year and you are trying to plan for your needs, so you try to over estimate what you are going to expend and under estimate the revenue to make your budget balance. Mr. Campbell advised that both the mechanical mixer and the scrapers they are talking about are used at the Wastewater Treatment Plant on its sludge. City Manager Malone said the city could expend the entire amount of money and purchase some for that amount of money for that purpose, or the city can spend less than one-half the