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152 <br />June 25, 1973 <br />Council did not feel that they could pay for these meters out of Village <br />funds because this would be assessing the cost against the tax payers of <br />the Vi I lage who do not have water. <br />Mr. Borovansky said this could be compared to people who use bottle gas, <br />nobody buys the gas tank, they lease it. <br />Mr. Jaworski , Mr. Cardinal and Mr. Marier disagreed with him all three <br />men had bought their propane gas tanks. <br />Mr. Johnson said he will be interested in seeing how this is handled when <br />water is installed in other portions of the Village. <br />Mr. Nelson asked why the meters had not been put in the homes when the <br />water was installed? <br />Mr. Marier answered that the Village did not own or control the water system <br />at that time and had no legal right to meter the water. <br />A gentleman from the audience, who said he was a contractor, said that either <br />the builder pays for the meter and it is added on to the cost of the home <br />or the plumber buys the meter and adds it onto his charges. The owner pays <br />for the meter, one way or another. <br />Mr. Cardinal told the residents that the $55.00 charge is for the cost of <br />the meter once this is paid, the meter is the property of the home owner. , <br />They have the option of selling the meter- with the house, in the event of <br />sale, or they can have it removed and take it with them. <br />Mrs. Johnson asked what the legal newspaper had been for the last two years. <br />She was told that last year it had been the Blaine Life and this year it <br />was the Forest Lake Times. She was concerned about overlapping subscriptions <br />to local papers in order to keep up with the happenings in the Village. <br />She asked if she paid the postage, could an agenda be mailed to her twice <br />a month? <br />There was discussion on the legal paper -how is it chosen and why. Mr. Zelinka <br />gave some background information on why the Forest Lake Times was chosen. <br />Mr. Zelinka moved that where requested and return postage was paid, to mail <br />agendas to those people. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Mr. Jaworski and Mr. <br />Zelinka voted, Yes; Mr. Cardinal, Mr. Marier and Mr. Bohjanen voted, No. <br />� <br />Mbti on failed. <br />Mr. Borovanshy, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Nelson paid for their water meters. <br />Mr. Cardinal moved to close the special hearing at 9`40 P.M. Seconded by <br />My Marier. Motion carried. <br />Mr. Bohjanen reported that the storm last Monday had blown a piece of the <br />metal facing from the front of the building damaging it so it must be re- <br />placed. The Clerk has contacted Mattson and the Insurance agent and it will <br />be taken care of. In the same storm, the new Flag had been torn, but a new <br />one had been up within 24 hours. <br />1 <br />