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<br /> . Arden Hills Council 3 June 14, 1993 <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> There were no members of the public in attendance to offer <br /> public conunent. <br /> UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS <br /> DISCUSSION REGARDING WATER <br /> UTILITY RATE INCREASE & <br /> CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 93-34 <br /> Note was made that the Council had recently decided to <br /> consider a water utility rate increase and had discussed aud <br /> reviewed the matter at length several times since that <br /> decision. <br /> The reconunendation of the Finance Conunittee was that a 13% <br /> summer and.a\ winter rate increase would be justified and <br /> such rate increases should be implemented effective the <br /> second quarter of 1993. <br /> . The reconunendation of staff was to adopt Resolution No. 93- <br /> 34 increasing water charges from $1,79/1,000 gallons to <br /> $1.89/1,000 gallons (a 5.6\ increase) for winter water <br /> purchases (October through March), and to $1.99/1,000 <br /> gallons (a 11.2\ increase) for summer water purchases (April <br /> through September) effective April 1, 1993. <br /> City Accountant Post's June 9, 1993 memorandum stated that <br /> the primary difference between the reconunendations of the <br /> Finance Conunittee and staff was the acknowledgment of the <br /> inflationary cost assumption in the 1992 Rate Study. <br /> MOTION: Malone moved, seconded by Hicks, to adopt Resolution <br /> No. 93-34 Establishing Interim 1993 Water Utility Rates <br /> Effective April 1, 1993, Motion carried unanimously <br /> (5-0) , <br /> REVIEW CONSENT DECREE & TRUST <br /> AGREEMENT IN MATTER OF OAK <br /> GROVE LANDFILL LITIGATION <br /> City Attorney Filla explained that the Oak Grove Landfill <br /> litigation is proposed to be resolved by means of a Trust <br /> Agreement and a Consent Decree, and each municipal unit of <br /> government named in the suit is to individually choose <br /> . whether or not to participate in the proposed settlement. <br />