HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 04-22 Water board favors St. Paul, Maplewood councilman says DISPATCH Water board favors St. Paul
Maplewood councilman says
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The St. Paul Water by the city of St. Paul customers about 35 per
Board treats its St. Paul and doesn't give funds cent more than St. Paul
and suburban customers to the city of St. Paul," customers, he said, and
differently, but there is Wiegert noted in an in- its capital improvements
"no rational distinction terview. policy favors St.Paul.
other than a line on the
map between custom- THE BOARD howev- The water board's ena-
er, charges Maplewood bling legislation, Wie-
ers," according to Ma-
plewood City Council- gert said, is "a quirky.
man Donald Wiegert. piece of legislation" that
"has lost any reason for
WI E G E R T at last its existence."
Thursday's council meet-
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The water board "isn't•
ing moved for study of
two possible actions in doing anything different
volving the water hoard. for me than it does for a
resident of St. Paul," he
One would challenge its
"discrimination" among said. "In fact, it's doing
customers, and the other less, but I'm paying
would seek to make it a more."
w h o 1 1 y independent While the board's pre-
agency, serving the en- sent operation is similar
tire area for which it was to others all over the
designed. country, Wiegert said, in
other cities the water de-
The water board "is partment is "an actual
not a part of the city of operating department of
St. Paul, is not funded the core city."