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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 26, 2008 PERMIT that Dave Holm, On-Site Sanitation, indicated that he did not receive a notice of the Public Hearing, therefore, has requested the opportunity to appear before the Council and request a reconsideration. The City Clerk indicated that the Public Hearing Notice was mailed to Mr. Holm, On-Site Sanitation, and was published in the City's legal newspaper as well. The City Administrator reviewed the Council's February 27, 2008 action to not renew the disposal permit, reading the findings of fact supporting that action. Dave Holm, On-Site Sanitation, appeared before the Council. He indicated that he did not receive the hearing notice. He did receive a copy of the Public Works Superintendent's February 6`~' report to the City Council which recommended that the topic be on the February 27, 2008 Council agenda. He considered that a recommendation only and not indication that the matter would be discussed on February 27tH Holm reported that On-Site Sanitation has been dumping into the City's sanitary sewer system for the past 15 years. Holm reported that there has been only one incident in 2004 when an On-Site drainage hose was found in the sewer line and was retrieved by the City's Public Works Department. Based on that incident, the Public Works Supervisor redesigned the dump station and required On-Site to make the modifications. Holm reported that this redesign has increased odors and has reduced flow through the system. Holm also reported that the redesign modifications cost him thousands of dollars to make. Holm reported that in 2005 there was a sewer back-up into the Kath Building and his and the City's insurance companies have gone after one another relative to the claim. Holm reported that the back up was due to nails and bolts in the sewer line, and he reported that the On-Site trucks cannot pump those items, therefore, did not discharge them into the line. Holm reported that his neighbors were not aware that he has been dumping into the City's sewer line for the past 15 years. It was only after the modifications that he was required to make that increased odors that the neighbors became aware of the dump site. Holm again pointed out that the modifications were mandated to him by the Public Works Supervisor. Again, these mandates increased odors and decreased flows. The decreased flows allow for more settlement in the bottom of the sewer line. Holm expressed concern with statements made by the Public Works Superintendent in his February 6, 2008 report, feeling that the 10