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RESOLUTION NO. 2447
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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL POSITION REGARDING
TESTING SURCHARGES PROPOSED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Health has proposed
to the State Legislature that funding for testing public water
supply systems be transferred from the general fund to a surcharge
against each water connection of each municipal system: and
WHEREAS, this proposal appears to be grossly unfair to the
City as compared to the actual costs involved: and
WHEREAS, the City's policy is for utility funds to be
based on a user fee concept: and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Mounds View
adopts the following Official City Position:
1) The City of Mounds View is aware of and agrees with
the need for increased testing of municipal water systems as
required by the Environmental Protection Agency: and
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2) the City is aware of the Legislature's desire to
consider alternatives to the current practice of funding these
testing costs from the general fund: and
3) the City is aware that some of the funding alternatives
are significantly more costly to the City than others. The
funding scheme proposed by the Department of Health may be as much
as six times more expensive than the actual costs of the testing
for the City: and
4) the City is supporting either a continuation of fund-
ing through the general fund or a funding scheme that assesses the
actual cost of the testing to each municipal system being tested:
and
5) the City strongly discourages any funding scheme that
has a tendency to subsidize certain municipal systems at the
expense of others.
Adopted this 13th day of February, 1989.
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(SEAL)
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