HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 05-21 Maplewood Sees Water Rate Breakthrough With St. Paul DISPATCH rues.,May 21, '74 ST.PAUL DISPATCH (E) 5
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A breakthrough in wa- But Maplewood's City ney and chief negotiator plaineci.
ter rate negotiations en- Council, acting on ad- for Maplewood, said he Last year Roseville's
hances chances of Ma- vice from consultants, presumes Maplewood" bill for wholesale water
plewood buying water said that's not financial- can obtain the same rate w a s approximately
wholesale from neigh- ly feasible under the pre- as Roseville if it decides $400.000.he said. .
boring. St. Paul within. sent wholesale rates of- to go into the water busi- Lais, meanwhile, said
the next year or two. fer_ed by St.Paul. ness. St. Paul seems recel tive
- to:Maplewood has under And that makes the a "wholesaleith Mparrange
p So r e c e n t l Maple- ment"with Maplewood.
consideration a proposal wood and Roseville o fi- wholesale purchase fi- But St. Paul, he said,
tq establish its own wa- nancially feasible. h e probably wants a 30-
tercials have been negotiat- p Y
utility. g suggested. year contract, he point
ing with the St. Paul wa' Roseville's savings un- ed out. H o w e v e r, he
Under the plan, the op- ter board fora change. der the new rate will be ' didn't indicate that
enation would be similar And the water board about 10 per cent, ac- would be a serious stum-
to'Roseville's. agreed — subject to ap- c o r d i n to its public
proval by the St. Paul •g p bung block.
Roseville stops short of City Council — to lower works director, Charles Maplewood residents
drilling its own wells the wholesale rate for • Honshel. now either buy water re
acid treatment facilities. Roseville. "We expect to pay tail from St. Paul or .
En'stead. it buys water $42.500 less than we did they have their own, pri-
wholesale from St.Paul. Don Lais, city attor- this past year." he ex- vate wells.