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labor to dear the site for hettVy track traffic, according to Fisher’s report. The council had planned to use the higher emergency rates to pay the cost, with townspeople paying according to their usage.
“I’ve been amazed at the cooperation of the town," Fisher said. “Virtually everybody stayed under the quota we had set."
Fisher went on to say that the town had only needed to import 36,000 gallons of water. "Our biggest source of waste was a huge leak,“Fisher said. “We lost 50,000 gallons there.”
“Wait a minute,” Skippy Giles said. “If we only needed 36,000 gallons and 50,000 was lost in one leak, then we can’t charge the people for that. They did the best they could. Without the leak we wouldn't have needed the water."
All members present agreed that the town should pick up the cost and that
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