Water is a valuable public asset which should be available to all, not sold to the highest bidder to exploit for profits.
New Garden provided us with a 2014 capital plan for the sewer system. To summarize:
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There are 44 items totaling $10.5 million.
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One of those items was a $1.5 million “blue sky” capacity expansion without any specific timing. This was probably a “maybe” project for the indefinite future. Funding for an item like this should not be part of a capital plan.
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Nine items were “repairs” totaling $1.7 million. This stuff might be needed, but should be on a maintenance budget, not a capital budget.
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The remaining 34 items totaled $7.3 million. An approximate schedule was indicated:
That does not appear to support an immediate need for $12 million, even if the “repair projects were included.
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