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M7NU'Ci?S <br />City Council <br />April ].0, 1985 <br />1311ce Putki The f.or.egoing tesol.ution was clu7.y seconded by Mrs. Nar.dini. <br />Petiti.on Ayes (5) Fahey, Dlar.cli-ni., 131esener, Coll.ova, Scalze. <br />(Cont.) nlayes (0). <br />Resoluti.on decl.ar.ed adopCed. <br />Thi.s reso'lut:ion appears ~in 12esolution ilook P7o. l.?, Pege 1.56. <br />Eng Mr. and i4rs. ling appeared befor.c Che Council and expressed concern <br />Sdat~r Bi.ll. ~bouC the l.arge water bil.l they recei.ved in Che last year. <br />~~en~1 Mr. Fahey reported Co the tinp's that the Public ~-dorl<s Suf~erS.ntendent <br />Addit:~i.or~ checl<ed ouC Cheis o~ater meter and i.t a~as rtmning properly. There- <br />fore, Che determi_naCi.on was thaC the wat:er caa, used i.n Che house <br />somewhere. <br />Mre IP.np disagreed with this and st~ted that T.here was no way that the <br />amount of wat:cr they caere Ui.lled for was used, rn~ stated that the <br />wat:cr was doubl.e tkiei.r tisual usage. <br />Mr. lil.esener commented thxt meters do noC speed up, but sl.ow down <br />~ahen they are defec[i.ve. F3lesener state:l Chat thr,re i., no expl.anation <br />showing that Che City is r¢sponsibl.e and Chat t:he w1Cer went past <br />the meter in some coay. <br />Mr. T'ahey commented t}~at the City's pol.~.i.cy in tl~ese lcinds of ca:;es <br />i.s L-h1t the homeowner i.s responsible Eor the bitl.. <br />'4rs. }ing reported t:l~at thc ~~ast summer the Ci.t:y replace<I their water <br />meter. <br />Mr. i3lesener reported tlt~zt: the City checlced the outside meter wi.Ch <br />the i.n;~i.de one and the tcao meters wer.e within l.% of. each oCher. <br />Mr,. Scal.ze asked :i.f: thi.s could have somexhing to do with the li.Lt <br />stati.on i.n the arerz. P1r. ?37.esener replied Chat i.t could noC. <br />Mr. Chlebeclc stated that the City l~as had abouC three si.rnil.ar. s:i.tuati.ons <br />in the ~ast 10 years and in Chese cases, the homcowner pa~i.d the bill.. <br />Mr. Collova sCat.ed t=hat the water usage seems extremEly high. <br />~Ir. En; r.eported that ~ahen he hoolced up Co Ci.ty water, there i.s a <br />probl.em wi-th his pi.pes not beinP properly in,ulated and they Cend to <br />freezeup :Cn the wi.nter. Pn~ quesCioned the City's in>pecti.on of. tkie <br />connecti.on. ~1rs. ~~rdini su,gested Chat the Eng's recourse would be <br />throu~h thei.r conCractor. <br />i4r. P'ahey suggested that the I3ng's di.scuss the maCter wi.Ch the Tiuildinp, <br />'t.nspecCOr. <br />Page -14- <br />