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Mayor Reid recessed the meeting at 10:30 Mayor Reid reconvened the meeting at 10:40 P.?4. Report re: I Proposed Increase in Sewer Related Charges and Fees ~4r. Edgar explained that V~C.S.D. had raised their fees and felt that the city should increase its fees accordingly. Mr. Jim ~alker reviewed the report, dated April 24, 1972, regarding the increase in charges for the Sewer Service Charge, the Sewer Connection Fee and the Sewer Connection Surcharge. ~4r. ~l~alker gave a detailed acc- ount of the breakdown of these increased and the tol~ai financial effect upon the city. Mr. Edgar said an lncrease in the sewer service charge to $3.00 per month would cover operating costs but the additional 50¢ ~ould allow the city to build up a $60,000 to $70,000 fund which ~her~ added ~ith surpluses from the connection charge and the surcharge, would allo~.x the city to float a revenue bond for selvage expansion in 1976~ Ile further explained to the council that the total phase-out of the Suno! Treatment Plant would cost an estimated $5.2 million by the 1975-7G fiscal year and with the increases he ~as recommending, there ~goult~ be $1.7 million in the phase-out fund by that time. He also reporte<~ theft t~e excess gen- erated by the three increases ~zould allow enough cash to float a $3.5 million revenue bond ~jhich would not affect the ~:ax rate or subtract from the city's bonding capacity. ~iayor Reid objected to the extra $100 connection fee because he didn't think it was in keeping to raise fees to that extent until the city knows what course of action it is going to take. Councilman Mori stated that he was concerned with the equity and added that it seemed to him a considerable amount of the excess burden is placed on the new residents.. lie suggested a possible increase in the connection fee to $700 instead of $735 and a corresponding increase in the sewer service charge. After further discussion, it was moved by Councilman Pearson that the increases in sewer related charges and fees as reconLmended by the City Manager, be approved. Councilman Pearson's motion received no second. Additional discussion regarding the fees ensued, It was moved by ~4ayor Reid and seconded by Councilman tterlihy that Ord- inance No. 659, increasing the Sewer Service Charge to S3~150 per month, the Sewer Connection Fee to $635.00 and the Sewer Connection Surcharge to $125.00, be introducecl. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmen Herlihy, Kinney, Mori, Pearson and Mayor Reid NOES: None ABSENT: None Review of Bids and Award of Contract for the development of Val Vista Park, Phase I ~r. Campbell recommended that the contract be awarded to the low bidder Fiske and Quatman, Incorporated, in the amount of $14,304.00~ It was moved by Council. man Kinney and seconded by Councilman Herlihy that Resolution No. 72-62, a;~arding the contract for the development of Val 6. 4-24-72