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<br />• • <br />T0: LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />SUBJECT: A situation that does not seem right as discussed by two characters - <br />Mr. CITY - City administrator <br />Mr. CITIZEN - A couple wanting to build a home <br />CITIZEN - Hello Mr. City - I'm Mr. Citizen and I wonder if you could help us <br />get a sewer line over to the new house we are having built. The existing <br />line is about 90 ft. away from the property, could you put that in for us? <br />CITY - Only if you pay for it. . <br />CITIZEN - What do you mean if I pay for it? <br />CITY - Well - you will have to pay for it, the city can't pay the initial cost. <br />CITIZEN - I thought you people put in water lines and sewer iines and things <br />like that. <br />CITY - Well no, we only maintain what is already there. <br />CI'fTZEN - If I pay for the materials, would you install it? <br />CITY - No. <br />CITIZEN - But this thing may cost $3,000 or $4,000, don't you feel any <br />responsibility whatsoever? <br />CITY - No, we can't pay the initial cost. <br />CITIZEN - Would you pay 50%, 20%, or even 10%? <br />CITY - No. <br />CITIZEN - How do you get new lines installed? <br />CITY - We make people that want them pay for them. Here, let me give you a <br />copy of our utility extension agreement. <br />CITIZEN - You're right - the way this agreement reads, the owner pays for <br />everything and the city pays for nothing. That does not seem fair. <br />CITY - Oh yes, we are as fair with you as we are to everybody else. <br />We have GOT to be consistant in this, this applies to everybody. <br />C7 <br />v. <br /> <br />