TOWN OF GRANBY
GRANBY WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING
MINUTES
MAY 3, 2004
The Public Hearing of the Granby Water Pollution Control Authority (Board of Selectmen) was called to order by First Selectman John Adams at 7:18 p.m.
PRESENT: John Adams, Ronald Desrosiers, Frank Judice, Sally King, Mark Neumann, and William F. Smith, Jr., Town Manager
First Selectman Adams opened the Public Hearing and read the legal notice as published in the Hartford Courant. The Granby Water Pollution Control Authority has called for a Public Hearing for the purpose of setting the sewer use rates for 2004-2005.
Town Manager Smith stated he received no communications either written or verbal.
The rates recommended are $102.00 for residential users for average gallons (55,000 gpy) used per year and $147.00 per year for commercial/industrial users (100,000 gpy). These rates have been in place for sometime and Granby has been able to maintain these rates because of new accounts coming on line, most of which are commercial. The fees pay for electricity, repairs to the system, and to the Town of Simsbury for disposal to their sewer plant.
The Town of Granby has a tentative agreement with Simsbury to become a permanent user. Granby will be required to pay a portion of the upgrade costs. Town Manager Smith stated he was hopeful the sewer assessment fund could accommodate Granby’s share of the cost. Any balance could come from the users as a special assessment or from the town if the upgrade was deemed beneficial to the town as a whole. It will be another year or two before the upgrade will be completed.
In response to a question from Selectman Judice regarding user fees, Town Manager Smith stated the town may not charge the users more than the cost of operations.
No public in attendance addressed the Authority and the Public Hearing closed at 7:21 p.m..
Respectfully submitted,
William F. Smith, Jr.
Town Manager
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