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7) Pat Hemza, Office Manager, discussed our present billing practices and concerns with the Commissioners. It was expressed that in order to improve communication with our customers and allow more information on the bill submitted to the customers that we should consider changing our present post card bill to a larger envelope bill. Motion by Mr. Tralle, seconded by Mr. Simpson, to authorize staff to proceed with the planning process and convert to an envelope bill as soon as practical. The motion carried. 8) Motion by Mr. Zabee, seconded by Mr. Simpson, to authorize the hiring of an additional part time office staff person. The motion carried. 9) Water connection fees were discussed. Motion by Mr. Tralle, seconded by Mr. Simpson, to adopt the formula used by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission to determine the number of residential unit equivalents assigned to commercial establishments, apartments and schools. This number is to be used to determine the cost of a water connection fee based on the cost of connection for a single residential unit. The Motion carried. 10) Motion by Mr. Simpson, seconded by Mr. Tralle to raise the water connection fee for a residential unit or a residential unit equivalent to $700 effective 1/1/93 . Any existing customer who has water service available to them at this time, with the exception of Hillside Estates, can pay the connection fee before 1/1/93 regardless of whether they physically connect before that date at the old rate. The motion carried. 11) Motion by Mr. Tralle to establish Fire Protection Connection Fees for those establishments connecting to our water mains for the purpose of inside fire protection sprinkling systems. The water usage will be unmetered and the fees will be as follows: 4" & 6" Fire Protection Line $1, 000 8" Fire Protection Line $1, 500 10" Fire Protection Line $2 , 000 12" and above $3 , 000 The motion was seconded by Mr. Simpson and approved unanimously. 12) The General Manager updated the Commissioners on the status of the Utility mapping system. 14) Motion by Mr. Simpson seconded by Mr. Tralle to charge seasonal customers with large transformers installed a minimum monthly bill of 25 cents per installed KVA for the months they are disconnected from our service. The motion carried. 15) The General Manager reported that today we acquired the first customers from Anoka Electric Cooperative and that planning is taking place for the acquisition of the remaining customers described in the first year plan. 16) The General Manager reviewed the September financial statements with the Commissioners.