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Home My WebLink About1994-11-16 Water and Sewer Advisory Committee MinutesWATER & SEWER ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES November 16, 1994 A meeting of the Water & Sewer Advisory Committee was held at 7:55 P.M. on November 161 1994 in the Berger Room, Reading Town Hall, 16 Lowell St., Reading, MA. In attendance were Chairman Gail Wood, Secretary Stewart Chipman, Committee member Richard Moore and Public Works Director Ted McIntire. Sewer Methodology Stewart Chipman prepared a draft presentation for the Board of Selectmen and reviewed it with the Committee. He identified present wholesale (MWRA) and retail (Reading) sewer methodologies. After much discussion it was decided that the following scenario would be incorporated: MWRA-debt service to be based on a flat/property fee, O&M to be based on a contribut- ing fee based on flow; Town-O&M and debt service to be based on flow. Stewart Chipman will revise the presentation based on these dis- cussions. Graduated Water Rate The Committee reviewed the recent MWRA Advisory Board Water and Sewer Retail Rate survey dated October, 1994. Stewart Chipman recommended the following three tier system based on annual water consumption 0-5,000 cubic feet at $1.83 per 100 cubic feet, 5001-15,000 cubic feet at $2.33 per 100 cubic feet, over 15,000 feet at $2.83 per 100 cubic feet. He also recom- mended that second water meters be billed a flat rate at $2.83 per 100 cubic feet. Richard Moore recommended the following five tier system: 0-2500 cubic feet at $1.33 per 100 cubic feet, 2,501-7,500 at $1.93 per 100 cubic feet, 7,501-12,500 at $2.33 per 100 cubic feet, 12,501-17,500 at $2.83 per 100 cubic feet and over 17,500 cubic feet at $3.53. He also recommended that the second water meter be charged a flat rate at $3.53 per 100 cubic feet. Ted McIntire will work with Bill Connors, Data Processing Coor- dinator, to prepare this information for the next scheduled Water & Sewer Advisory Committee meeting. Water Restrictions Ted McIntire met with Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner to dis- cuss reducing the present Stage 2 water restriction to a Stage 1. This would require only voluntary water conservation. Due to the fact that the 750,000 gallon water storage tank on Auburn St. will be drained, repaired and painted in the Spring it was decided to keep the Stage 2 water restrictions in effect.