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tal Quality which otherwise, without it, would not have made the project possible.

He said those now raising concerns about fees “really missed what’s been going on in the last two years.”

His statement prompted Bruce, Luke and Steve Critzer - a former town council member and property owner - to respond that attending every meeting wasn’t the responsibility of towmsfolk, but rather for the council to make an effort to keep everyone informed.

“What you have failed on,” said Bruce, “is keeping us informed.”

“Put your minutes into the water bill,” suggested Luke. “Maybe going forward you can get information out and keep everyone better informed.”

Critzer remarked that “the ordinance (proposing rates and fees) was first available to me the first week in December.” But Bennett responded that the fees first appeared in the public record three years ago and that nobody can claim they didn’t know what was coming.

Critzer responded by saying “the fact is you're not going to get a whole lot of these checks,” meaning payments for the proposed $7,500 hook up fees which were to have been due in June according to the draft sewer ordinance.

The petition stated that “individuals and businesses should not be required to pay the $7,500 per EDU hook up fees” nor any of the costs

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