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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1982 DEMAND CHARGE Meter Size Current Proposed January 1, 1983 3/4 inch 1 1.5 2 3 4 6 10 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 $ 4.90 8.75 19.60 35.00 78.75 140.00 315.00 875.00 July 1, 1984 $ 5.25 9.50 21.00 37.50 84.50 150.00 337.25 937.00 FIRE SERVICE CONNECTIONS (same as Demand Charge) Customers outside the City Limits would pay two times the above rates. Messrs. Linker and Pemberton also pointed out that, in the cases of Sale Knitting Company and Pannill Knitting Company, when the proposed demand charge and fire service connection charge are applied, the 64i rate for consumption in excess of 206,000 gallons of water (per month) becomes, in effect, 69i per 1,000 gallons of water. Mr. Pemberton, while supportive of a financially-sound water utility system and the need to proceed with the Leatherwood Creek project (for back-up raw water supply) and, also, indicating that his firm expects to pay its fair share of the cost of water, stressed the need for the City to control operating costs of the water system and to operate the system as efficiently as possible. Noting that City Manager Edmonds has scheduled, for consideration and/or action, on Council's forthcoming December 14th meeting's agenda the recommended water rate schedule (plus the proposed demand charge and fire service connection charge schedules), Council concurred in Councilman West's suggestion that City Manager Edmonds study the possibility, after reviewing current water revenue requirements, of postponing the recommended effective date for the water rate increases until July 1, 1983, and/or "scaling down" these increases.