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the construction of the new town well, well-house, pumps and pipe to connect to the existing water system.

“We are an unusual municipality in a way,” Mayor Newbill Miller told the council. “We do have to borrow the $6,000, but we were also able to pay bills of ^ over $48,000 connected with"* the water emergency and ne# construction. Thank goodness for conservative councils of the past.”

Miller told the council that payments on the loan would start in May and that the town could pay them with the bank stock fax it receives. Miller said that the town would still receive some ABC money (Alcohol Beverage Control Board) from the state but that the share would ' decrease as the board spends more money on alcohol rehabilitation.

There was some talk of a one-time tax to be levied on ' town residents with hook-ups to the water system to help pay off the loan, but town treasurer Brad Fisher said that he was not sure if such

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