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Eric Rogers told the council his Izor~z~e was the second newest in the su ~dpvy ion and the ~~ eral ex sense was going to he a problem for Izim attd asked when the a the $9U0 ~~t) fat } hook-on fee how Lang would he have to put zri the lateral. President Worthen explazne that tonight's mee(-ng was an educational session for the council and Chc residents and this question had not been looked at. But, the general consensus frozri the colzncil was one ye<~r from the tune the sewer is znacle available. We are not ready to make any votes tonight and if you have any questions lxzost of the councilman are available or call the Clerk-"Treasurer and she will. tell you how to get in contact with us. )f the twelve months puts you i-iglat in the heart of wizitcr and zero weather, and impossible to put in the lateral 1 think we can work around that time limit.. We are looking at being very cooperative and hope('ully liel.pful in doing this project. Town attorney "1'im Curreris said one thing he would point out is the fact Eric's septic system, compared to tires, has a lot of miles on it and we are potentially asking you to abandon something that is functioning, but it's ~_ a" ,~ functional life can't he too much longer and other people are to the point where there' ~ -~ 7.~ septic systems are gone. With a ~~ublic irnprovernent like this you install ~t to service everyone- All the septic systems are not going to wear out at the same moment. It is a bit of a local problem in that area versus an individual problem. Mr. Mudd. said he was paying $ I UU a week right now to have his septic pumped and hauled away because his was a failed systezr- and $100 a month on top of bills, utilities, mortgage, etc. this cost was killing him and his wife. He said he was sure if it happened to anyone; of the other residents they would be facing the same hLige problem. He said he wasn't asking the other residents to book on just for lzis sake but the same thing could happen to any otze of them. -ie went on to say there was a high wafer table in the addition anyway arzd when it rains people have trouble with their systems because there is nowhere for the water to go. He said his found someplace to go and then the Board of Health found. hizaa and that is why he is pushing to get this project thru. Joe Neal, local. plumber, told the residents that their systems will fail it was just a matter of how soon and there is notliiz~g worse than having huttian waste back uI~ and have to live with the tness. Ile said lie sees this every day. He said anytime you can hook. on to a a~mmez-cial sewer you are saving money. Vezm Inlow said it was just too expensive to throw his septic away and pay extra tax money plus a $2U a month tninitnztrrz and the way he looks at it he could spend $S,UUO for a new septic and have it paid off in ten years and still have rt good system for another ten years. Someone answered but rzo one has enough room on their lot to put a new system in. Mounds would be the only way and they are ugly and create drainage problems. Mr. Inlow said he did not feel like lie shaul.d be forced to get on floe systezrz iF he doesn't want to, il' he pays the $9UU fee fine, btzt whenever he wants to he could hook-on. He said his whole problem was money and the time frame. Joe Beikman said for point of information, all the councils in the past have required all property owners to pay for the sewer line when it was put it which we wozrld probably be talking about $4,000 or $5,000 a home- The reason tl~cy are starting to catch a lot of septics failing now is there is a lot of grant money available for studies on watershed initiatives. Somewhere conung out of that area right now we have high e-soli in the in the streams big time. 'The Board of Health is going to track down with dye testing to see where this is cortzing from anal Mr. Mudd leas testified once you have a problem and they shut yozz down it is too late. Cotulcilmari Bryant asked Mr. Mudd if he had the option to put irz a new septic, but lie does not, the Board of Health wi]l not allow it because the ground is not suitable. Mr. Mudd said the only reason tl~e Board of Health was allowing him to pump and haul was because this project was in discussion. President Worthen told the residents the letters were due in to the Towrz Hall by March 15, 2UU~1 and would lie counted at the March 16~'` meeting. Mr. Antrim. asked if' the decision would be zYZade by majority rules. President Worthen said a percentage had not been decided on or iC this will have to fall back orz the coven~u~ts. This is something we have to work out. Councilman Bryant made the cozxuxzent he would not vote for tl~e project if there were just S 1 %n c7f people for annexation. Because what we are offering is a very good deal.. Sorxreone asked what if not all the people show at the meeting.