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END OF THE MONTH.
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IN FREMONT COUNTY ...
AN UPDATE TO THE PROPOSED
SEWER ORDINANCE IS EASING
TENSIONS AMONG CABIN OWNERS.
THE CHANGES INCLUDE LOWERING
SEWER FEES SLIGHTLY, AND WILL
PROPORTIONALLY CHARGE CABIN
OWNERS ACCORDING TO SIZE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
STEVEN POPE JOINS US. WILL
ISLAND PARK CONTINUE TO CREATE
IT'S OWN SEWER DISTRICT, OR
WILL THESE CHANGES QUIET THAT
DOWN? DAVE KARLING WHO HAS
BEEN THE VOICE OF THE PROPOSED
SEWER DISTRICT COMMITTEE SAYS
THEY'RE STILL GOING FORWARD
WITH THEIR PLAN TO GO ON THEIR
OWN. BUT THE ORDINANCE IS
EASING TENSIONS.
"THE COUNTY FOR ONE OF THE
FIRST TIMES THAT WE KNOW OF,
REALLY LISTENED TO US. THEY
ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND
REALLY DUG INTO THIS AND
LOWERED THE SEWER RATES. THEY
ADDRESSED EVERYONE ONE OF OUR
CONCERNS.THEY DIDN'T GO QUITE
FAR ENOUGH,""WE'VE TRIED TO
MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
EASILY MEASURED AND VERIFIED.
AND SOMETHING THAT THE FOLKS
CAN TRACK AND THAT WE CAN BE
AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE
WITH THIS,"ONE OF THE IMPACTS
TO THE LOWER OF FEES IS A HIT
OF $150,000 ON THE ANNUAL
REVENUE BROUGHT IN."THE
REVENUE DOESN'T GO INTO THE
COUNTY COFFERS, THE REVENUE
STAYS IN THE SEWER SYSTEM,"
RIGHT NOW THE SEWER SYSTEM HAS
ALMOST 1-MILLION DOLLARS SAVED
UP FOR EMERGENCY AND FUTURE
MAINTENANCE. HURT SAYS HE
WOULD PREFER THE SAVINGS TO BE
CLOSER TO 1.5-MILLION. AND
WHILE THE SEWER FEES REDUCTION
IS EASING TENSIONS, THE
COMMITTEE TO CREATE AN ISLAND
PARK SEWER DISTRICT IS STILL
MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR
PLANS."THEY TRIED. BUT WE FEEL
THERE ARE OTHER SAVINGS AND
CUTS THAT THE COUNTY CAN DO,"
KARLING BELIEVES HIS COMMITTEE
COULD SAVE SEWER USERS AN
ADDITIONAL $150,000 A YEAR.
ISLAND PARK ALREADY HAS
ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO TAKE TO A
JUDGE TO REQUEST THE SEWER
DISTRICT FORMATION, AND IF THE
JUDGE APPROVES IT, IT WILL GO
UP FOR A VOTE TO RESIDENTS.
IS THE COUNTY AGAINST ISLAND
PARK CREATING IT'S OWN SEWER
DISTRICT? WELL IT DEPENDS
ON WHO YOU TALK TO, BUT THEY
ALL AGREE THAT ISLAND PARK HAS
TO PROVE THEIR PLAN WILL WORK,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ISLAND
PARK RESIDENTS FORMING THE