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oil December 17, 1987, Mr. Owens came in and paid $135 for the standard water tap in the dirt (Receipt #4437) as I had instructed. On December 18, 1987, the Engineering Department sent a work order to Public Works to construct the tap and to switch the meter in the existing meter box to the new meter box. On the same day, I contacted Pat Evans, Water Department Head, and asked her to not charge Mr. Owens for having an account at 1106 Cooper, and to switch the billing address to 1128 Cooper, which she did. Allen Hicks of Public Works completed the tap on December 21, 1987. Odis Bridgers contacted me about the tap saying that it was on a 3/4" line and that the flow rate would not be good. I told him that I was afraid of that but Mr. Owens didn't want to pay to do it cor- rectly and that he had already been warned. I thought that we had finally resolved our problems. However, in January, 1988, I got a call from Mr. Elbert Desmond (784 -4041) who was working for Mr. Owens. He said Mr. Owens wanted to know why the meter wasn't installed at 1128 Cooper instead of at 1106 Cooper. I told him that Mr. Owens hadn't paid to extend the main, so it wasn't extended to 1128 Cooper. After contacting Pat Evans again, I told Mr. Desmond that Mr. Owens could move the meter to his own property and run a line from the new tap to his meter all at his own cost. Next, on February 9, 1988, I got a call from Beverly at Public Works saying that Mr. Owens was complaining that his water meter was not at 1128 Cooper and that there was not adequate water pressure. I told her Mr. Owens had been warned verbally and by letter of the possibility of low service problems and that he would be allowed to move his meter in front of his property if he wished. =M