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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />Feb. 18, 2003 <br />Page 11 <br />Mr. Anderson advised that they did have some meetings to look at that and that <br />was at the time that City Attorney Schenk had his accident and at this time, it <br />has not been done. <br />City Attorney Schenk explained that part of the problem is the city is not going <br />to escape their obligation to provide the wastewater service. Chairman Plata <br />said the study states that in 1969 the city was currently charging a rate of $0.84 <br />per thousand gallons of metered water for service in excess of minimum charge. <br />Mr. Campbell said that is the sewer charge also. Chairman Plata said the study <br />recommended that the city begin charging Toco the residential wastewater <br />volume exit rate of $3.57 per thousand gallons. He said the current contract <br />does not have a definite termination date. Chairman Plata stated he does not <br />want to be subsidizing Toco. City Attorney Schenk advised they have had <br />negotiations to do with several entities over the outside city services, which he <br />hopes to turn to the city's advantage. The City Attorney said they have been <br />focusing primarily on the Lamar County situation because they are the largest, <br />single entity and generally what is going to happen is the city is going to <br />establish whatever the city's policy is going to be for that entity and the others <br />will have that expectation that the city will follow that same policy with regard <br />to them. He said his primary concern, from a legal standpoint, is the folks in <br />Lamar County, because they have brought a number of issues that Mr. Anderson <br />has spent months going through trying to resolve charges that we have assessed <br />them verses what their claim is and should have been charged. City Attorney <br />Schenk said they were at a point where they have finally resolved all of those <br />discrepancies and now they are going to talk about long term as to what is the <br />city's obligation to them in regard to the amount of water they should receive <br />and what they should pay for the water. He anticipated going to the smaller <br />entities and using that basis in dealing with them. Mr. Anderson advised that <br />Toco is only sewer and it is an insignificant amount, and they get their water <br />from Lamar County Water Supply. He said the city does not bill those people <br />individually. Lamar County Water Supply pays for their water, and the sewer <br />volume is based on the assumption number that Lamar County supplies the city. <br />It is something that needs to be addressed, but if it was a bump in the road you <br />would never feel it if you drove over it because it is so small. Mr. Campbell <br />