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Show Firm seeks lease on old sewer plant Steve and Dean Kestler asked the Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday for a lease agreement with the city to use the old sewer plant on Sam White's Lane. They would use the equipment and buildings to reprocess used oil. The city council has asked that an agreement be drawn up for review and has indicated an interest in giving such a lease. The Kestlers had proposed they lease the plant for $300 per month with an option to purchase the property. The pair plan to put their waste water into the sewer system by running a PVC pipe into the existing 36 inch pipe which is presently cemented shut. Mayor David Holdaway reported that the outflow would need to be measured to calculate the treatment treat-ment costs. It was stated that they could relocate the existing equipment to monitor the flow. The only material that would accumulate is the waste water. Kestler felt that since they are not handling any hazardous wastes a closure bond should not be required. The Kestlers stated that they are licensed as a used oil collector service with the state of Utah. The main process will be accepting ac-cepting oily waste water, separation of the oil, and treatment of the waste water. The oil is separated by a distillation process with the steam being converted back to water. The waste water would be accumulated and processed as a batch. The product would be brought in by truck and the recovered oil is shipped out by truck, also. Councilman Lloyd Ash had 'expressed 'ex-pressed concerns about the need for a bond or some other guarantee to prevent future damage if the Kestlers left the facility. The council indicated it was willing to lease the area if the appropriate ap-propriate protection measures could be resolved, including meeting EPA discharge regulations, providing sewer facilities for employees and adequate guarantee to clean up the facilities if the project is abandoned. In other action, the council set a budget hearing for July 1 at 7:30 p.m. The budget hearing will also include an opportunity for the public to give input on the use of Revenue Sharing Funds. Also to be discussed at the hearing will be a proposed sewer rate increase in-crease of 15 per cent. Former Councilwoman Donna Brock asked the council to encourage en-courage citizens to donate to the recreation fund through their city utility bills. The city council said they would take steps to do this. The council approved the city joining the Municipal Finance Corporation. By joining this group, which has been set up by the League of Cities and Towns, the city could apply for low interest loans when necessary. Councilman Keith Christeson was named as the city's representative to this board. The council also approved reducing the insurance requirement for fire works stands from $1 million to $500,000. The first figure was so high that none of the companies felt they would be able to afford such insurance. |