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charge. This was considered by council as a more appropriate idea than raising the heavy user fee.
Fisher told the council that 75 percent of town water users consume less than 100 gallons a day. “This compares to the average national daily water use of 125 gallons per person,” he said.
Another revenue source suggested by Dorothy Hawkins was setting a fee for the regular town trash pickups each month. Taylor Updike was concerned that
this f^^would affect only those who used the trash pickup at their home and not those who used the barrells around town. The pickup is made each third Saturday of the month by town employee John Norman and is presently offered without charge.
No action was taken on any of the suggestions.
Mayor Newbill Miller told Fisher that the town should make if clear that it was no longer necessary to conserve water. “We have as much water now as we’ll ever
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