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q I-cJ TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1981 mlnlmum of 24 million gallons per month should be charged to the City at the rate of $0.70 per 1,000 gallons. The above charges include the costs associated with operating and main- taining the permanent pumping station on Rives Road. Operating costs associated with the installation of a portable pump on Rives Road would involve additional costs during the interim period and should be borne by the City as actual costs. Should the City require water in excess of an average con- sumption of 1.8MGD from the County's South 220 facilities, additional considerations are necessary. Therefore, the City should be limited at this time to 1.8MGD in any 24-hour period once the improvements have been completed and placed into operation. 7. As with any customer of the PSA, the City, too, should be subject to variations in cost of operations, i.e., electricity, chemicals, etc. Therefore, it should be recognized that the previously suggested costs to the City can be expected to vary under such circumstances, otherwise, they must now be set at much higher levels in order to protect the PSA, its other customers and its bond holders. The same would be expected if the City were furnishing water to Henry County. As to the County's furnishing of raw water to the City on an interim basis from Reed Creek during this period of water shortage and to impede a water crlSlS in the City of Martinsville, it is proposed that portable equipment be obtained from the Office of Civil Defense. Such would include pumps and water mains and the construction of a temporary, low level, retention or diversion structure in the Creek. The capital costs, including transportation, installation, disassembling, engineering and contingencies would be minimal through such a proposal, presently estimated at $23,000.00, all of which should be fully borne by the City of Martinsville. It is estimated that approximately two weeks will be required to place these improvements into operation. Operating and maintaining of such facilities on a daily basis, 24 hours per day, in order to obtain the greatest amount of available water from Reed Creek, will necessitate man- power for three shifts per day, periodic maintenance, and administration. Financially speaking, operating costs should be borne by the City. On the basis of delivering 0.75MGD from Reed Creek to the tributaries of the City's Beaver Creek reservoir, a daily cost of $475.00 has been estimated. If 0.75MGD can be pumped continuously, the resulting per-thousand-gallon cost would be approximately $0.63. Allowing for administrative and overhead costs, it has been suggested that the County of Henry receive $0.15 per thousand gallons. Something less than this, possibly computed on the basis of ten percent of basic operating costs would be in order to cover these incidental costs of administration and overhead. It should also be recognized that less cost of operating the temporary facilities might be realized with the use of City, County or Authority personnel. A simple contractual arrangement for providing the temporary services should be prepared between the County and City and another between the County and the Public Service Authority for the installation,