DECREASING WATER ADJUSTMENT FEE BASE OF $3.50 PER THOUSAND TO $1.75 PER THOUSAND

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DECREASING WATER ADJUSTMENT FEE BASE OF $3.50 PER THOUSAND TO $1.75 PER THOUSAND General Manager Shadden — Mike did a test on this and it came back that it was costing us $3.50 per thousand to make water. I looked at it again and had Jim, our water audit consultant, look at it. It came back that it is costing us more like $1.75 per thousand. What is happening is, lets say that you have a water leak and your current usage is only a small amount and this shows here in this spreadsheet that you used 254,000 gallons. If we were to reimburse you $3.50 per thousand gallons that means that you would get back $826.79 but if we go ahead and we bring it back to $1.75 per thousand then we reimburse you $1,274.39 because they are paying for water at $1.75 of what it actually costs us to make it rather than us making a profit on it. Director Woody — This $1.75, that’s what it costs us too on all the water loss on the westside roughly? General Manager Shadden - This is what it costs us to produce it. Director Woody — Right. President Caraway — The cost of the water plus the cost of the chemical. General Manager Shadden — When we run it through the plant with chemicals, electricity and everything, this is what it cost. When I did this in 2011 it cost us $1.50 per thousand because you figure we are pumping 30,000,000 gallons a month at $1.75 per thousand. Here is the spreadsheet and you can put in any number you want and it calculates it out to the end. This is also water and adding in the

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.6/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.