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However, the project has been described previously by Mayor Dean Morehouse as a “no-growth” system, designed not for expansion and growth but to replace the present aged and decaying system and service existing taps.
In response to another question, Mr. Fisher estimated that the three-phase project will take between one and two years to complete. Replacement of the distribution system will be done first, “since that’s in most dire need, and costing us the most in repairs.” Then a treatment facility, mandated by state water standards, and the expanded reservior, will be the final two phases, he said.
Claybert Smoot asked what kind of increase the project would bring to the town residents’ water bills.
Mr. Fisher replied that, in order to raise the $27,000 annual payments on the $231,500 Farmers Home Administration loan, the average water bill must rise from $14 to $17 per month. Though no final rate schedule has been advertised, Mr. Fisher explained that some increase will be necessary since FmHA rules demand that the loan be repaid from water department revenues.
Mr. Fisher and Town Attorney Frank Reynolds noted that one proposed schedule, which calls for a set
See COUNCIL, p. 16
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