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• COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 2002 Councilmember Carlson stated she missed meetings for her mother's wake and when her sister had tumors in both lungs. She stated that there was certainly no collusion for missing a meeting with Councilmember Dahl. Mayor Bergeson recognized former Mayor John Landers who is in attendance at the meeting tonight. No one else was present for Open Mike. FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK Public Hearing for Certification of Delinquent Utility Fees, Al Rolek — Finance Director Rolek explained that pursuant to City Code Section 401.29 and Section 402.14, Subd. 5, the City Clerk has prepared a list of properties having delinquent water and sewer charges to be certified to the Anoka County Auditor for collection with the 2002 property taxes, payable in 2003. He stated this is a routine matter taken up each year about this time. He stated affected property owners will have an opportunity to make comment during the public hearing which will be heldtoni Staff recommends that the Council adopt Resolution 02-164 authorizing the certification of delinquent water and sewer utility charges to be collected with 2002 property taxes payable in 2 Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing at 6:58 p. • Kelley Kimball, 7636 Appaloosa Lane, stated he sent back an official statement of his objection to certifying his utility bill to the property taxes lie explained that he appeared last year regarding a problem with possible inaccuracy of his water meter,. due to extremely high meter readings. In November of last year, the water meter was tesd.- He witnessed one test of ten gallons performed and it registered a higher consumption rate. Mr'Kimball stated that staff said the City would work to come to an agreement but nothing has been done. • Mr. Kimball stated a new meter was installed. The water consumption with the old meter was 856 gallons per day. Water consumption since'' installation of the new meter is 481 gallons per day. Mr. Kimball stated that nothing in the residence changed to effect the change in consumption. He stated that to use an extra 375 gallons they would have to do double the amount of laundry, dishes washed, and flush the toilet 153 more times per day. He stated he is not trying to avoid paying for something he rightly owes and is interested in resolving this matter as soon as possible but does not want to pay more than his fair share which he believes he has already done. Mr. Kimball stated he is willing to pay a fair consumption based on City, state or county statistics. City Administrator Waite Smith asked how many gallons it takes to fill his swimming pool. Mr. Kimball stated it takes 13,000 gallons to fill his swimming pool and it was filled one time. hi the winter a certain amount is drained but not completely or half way. The following spring with the snow melt, he has to add about four inches to raise it to level it needs to be. Finance Director Rolek stated that Mr. Kimball did object to this assessment last year and at that time it was requested that Mr. Hillesheim from the utility department test the meter. He tested the meter with three separate tests and with each test it was found that the meter was actually reading under 5