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install them. Bolze estimated e cost of lighting the new ball amond, for a season, at approxiately two thousand dollars. Mary Rollings voiced a complaint rout a dog that came at her and ;r son. Dogs are supposed to be i a leash, and are not to be nning loose. Rollings said that ere are a lot of dogs running free West York, and she has calling e Police Dept, a couple of times, le would like to know if there is lything else that can be done, wners of dogs that are found inning loose and owners of barkg dogs can be ticketed. Paula Johnson had several lestions and concerns about the uth sewer project. Holmes had eviously advised her that if they int to be on the new sewer line ey would have to get an easeent. She said that there used to : an alley that extended from the id of her driveway through to the reet, and that alley or easement is >w sodded over. Attorney Walter ked her if the easement had been corded. Johnson replied that ey had hired a surveyor who did lot of research for them, and he •uld not find a record of an isement. Also, there are three or ur electric poles on this porperty.
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Johnson said they would like to get on the new sewer line, and this was their first step. Rizek said this has been turned over to Attorney Holmes, and she thought that it had been taken care of. Johnson said that she hasn’t heard anything yet, and has some questions about the bid process. Rizek said that Attorney Walter will take these questions back to Holmes and hopefully get an answer for her soon. Old Business: At the last council meeting, it had been decided to give those residents on the south sewer project a fifty percent break on their water bills for two month, because they will be watering their new grass seed. In a letter, Holmes advised the council that the water rates are established by ordinance and must be fair and* equitable for all customers. Therefore, it is not possible to simply arbitrarily abate the payments of some customers. Holmes recommended that the sprinkler rate be used, but the sprinkler rate gives residents a break on their sewer rates and these residents don’t have sewer yet. Bolze told the council that he remembers that a number of years ago the State Board of Accounts said that you
can not give metered water away. There was some discussion of having the fire department water the grass from.their tanker truck, but this is still metered water and cannot be done. Attorney Walter said that although there are expenses to the residents on the south sewer project, being on the sewer line will substantially increase the value of their homes. Reese said that he would like to be able to give some type of relief to these residents. Rizek asked Walter to check with Attorney Holmes to see if anything can be done. Walter said that holmes advise was that an ordinance can be passed to gr e adjusted rates in cases like these, but it can not be retroactive. That would mean that the ordinance would not be passed, * and in force to do any good for these residents, but would give a break to residents involved with any future projects. When asked, Jeff Zehner said that nothing was done for residents in the past. . He feels that changing the rates might cause some future problems and set some precedents. Attorney Walter advised that there is also a problem with exff SOFFIT & FACIA ft 4 VANDERHEYDEN H EAVESTROUGH SERVICI J Cali 188-7719 ' COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN PARTY Sunday October 29 5-7 p.m. McGWIN’S BIG RED BARN 1 Vi Mile East Os Walkerton I on Ist Road. I Take Harrison St. Out Os Town To North Ule TrailJust Past Holston Estates COSTUME JUDGING SOOOK WALK HAY RIDES BON FIRE . GAMES REFRESHMENTS Five Tickets For It SI.OO VW To Have Fun & Win ww, Prizes Sponsored By The Walkerton United I r Methodist Youth 1 L Fellowship
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tending the tap in time - the ninety day free hook up period. He said that we had out original bond issue with Farmers Home Administration, and we are still subject to certain terms and regulations. We can’t unilaterally change that contract. When they issue bonds they have bond orders that go out with certain terms and conditions. You can’t change the terms and conditions after the bonds have been issued. The start date for the ninety day hook up has to stay at September 25th. The clerk is to put a notice in the paper about the water rates and the hook up period. The clerk asked attorney Walter to check with attorney Holmes to see if our credit plan is ready. We have budget hearing in November and this plan needs to be in place in order to spend the money budgeted for credit. Rizek said that we received a letter from Tom Frame detailing various restoration problems at his
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mother’s house on Georgia Street. Rizek asked what the problem is with the construction company, are they doing the work sloppily? Bill Dutton said that he would bring this letter up to them, and would continue to keep nagging them on other problems as well. Dutton suggested that we get the restoration work done somehow, and deduct it from their retainage. Walter advised that it would be appropriate to hold back a proportional amount of the retainage for work not done satisfactorily, but we need to wait and see if they are going to finish the job. Jeff Zehner said that of the seven sidewalks that were installed, he has a problem with one of them. He asked if the council would like tp pay the contractor for the six satisfactory ones, and withhold payment on the one unsatisfactory one. Reese felt that we should not pay anything to the contractor until the job is complete. (To be continued next week)
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