HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 03-15 Maplewood Divided on Water Charge DISPATCH Maptewood Divided .
On Water C
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Maplewood's V i.l I a g e And Mayor Les .\xd-
Council appears lined up ahl. plus Councilmen
:I-2 in favor of establish- Don \Viegert and Don
ing a hook-up or water Olmstead, seem •to be
availability charge for it.
(WAC) for all new devel- Opposed are Councilmen
opment. John Greavu and Harald
An ordinance to that Haugan.
effect, introduced by a If adopted. new water
split council two weeks hook-ups after Jan. 1,
ago. will be up for final 1974. would cost X150 per
approval tonight. devilling unit.
The issue has been de- During the remainder
bated for s e V e r a li •of 1973. there's a re-
months. duced rate of s75.
A generally higher
hook-up cost f o r m u I a
has been. devised for
commercial a n d in-
dustrial development.
Village Manager Mi-
chael Miller says the
hook up fees would pro-
duce about 8125.000 an-
nually over the next 20
years.
He proposes applying
the money to bond issues
necessary for water sys-
tem improvements.