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Show Water District Studies Request For Subsidy LAYTON -- Weber Basin Water Conservation District has taken under advisement for more study a request by Centerville officials for the district dis-trict to subsidize a secondary water system in the city. DISTRICT Manager Keith G. Jensen told the district's board of directors that not only would the subsidy cost the district dis-trict several thousand dollars annually, it could open the door to requiring the district to subsidize at least two other secondary systems within the district-one in Bountiful and another one in Centerville. The request, approved about ab-out a month ago by the Center ville City Council, asks the district dis-trict to absorb the additional cost of $5 oer customer by re-ducing re-ducing the operation and maintenince fee assessed to the city on the 1 ,300-acre-fcct alloted to the proposed Centerville Center-ville district. EARLIER, customers of the proposed district refused to pay !he additional $5 per customer cus-tomer charge. The charge would be in addition to the S 1 2 turnout fee the district receives re-ceives from each water customer. cus-tomer. Centerville could take over operation of the privately developed de-veloped system. Earlier, council coun-cil members tentatively agreed to have Weber Basin operate and maintain the new district if the cost was about the same or less than the cost to have the city operate the district. MEANWHILE, Centerville Mayor Neil Blackburn emphasized empha-sized that the decision to build the water system is up to the citizens within the proposed water district. "We on the council are trying to sort out in our minds the problems we face and decide de-cide whether or not we should approach the residents (within the district) about the project realizing that there will be increased in-creased costs if Weber liasin doesn't rebate th S5 charge to the city," the mayor said. |
