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However, Bennett was strongly opposed.
“It’s a difficult situation when someone not in the town asks for town services,” he said. -
“The town spent close to $600,000 to upgrade the water system...and a person outside the town hasn’t been subject to any contribution,” to pay for this, he continued.
Metcalf tried to appeal to a common sense approach saying that every house around his property had town water, and that his was “a reasonable request.”
Questioned on why he wanted two meters, however, Metcalf became unclear, stating that although he had two adjacent lots, one with a house already, he did not intend to build on the vacant lot.
To this Bennett responded, “the policy is very clear, it does not allow the parking of a water tap.”
In the end, Metcalfs request -which was over two years old - was denied on the basis that the hook up fee specified in the original application ($1,550) was too low.
Council member John Sullivan was also clear that the council would consider one tap only, and not the two requested, and at a fee more reflective of the costs the town bears for maintaining the system.
However, the council did invite Metcalf to submit a new application which the council would consider.
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