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I • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council August 1, 1984, Page 10 17. Administrative Reports Mr. Owen reported that the Harris County Landfill is now officially closed. We are now having to use the~Hazlewood landfill in Baytown to dispose of the trash. This adds a considerable load to the Sanitation Department, and makes it imperative that we move ahead with trying~to permit our own sanitary landfill facility. He reminded Council that Thursday night would begin budget sessions, starting at 6:00 P.M. 18. Council Action Westergren: I don't have anything, .except to say once again, thank you, Kevin. Matuszak: I'd like to .thank the people for coming out tonight. Regardless of how they feel about it, I do think that we need to proceed and look at these water rates. I would request that perhaps we put this on a workshop very soon, .to discuss the need for a study to determine if we are in line,.and • once again look at all the parameters, look at what it's going to take to get some kind of levelized service. What- ever it takes, I think we owe it to the citizens to do a study or look into this. Once again, I feel deeply the loss of my compadres on both sides. Mr. Matuszak then asked the City Manager to look once again at the signals at Farrington and Spencer and see if we~can't get those in before the school opens out there.' Pfeiffer: I do appreciate the citizens coming out tonight. I've heard very few comments, and the comments made tonight were very enlightening. All of them have good merit. I think we do need to have a study to evaluate~rate.processing, and it does appear that some people do have problems with. rates, or whatever. I don't think anybody waters more than I water, and my highest bill was $92. We do have a problem in this area, and I hope that we can work it out to every- body's satisfaction. I do appreciate your efforts for coming out, and I would like to see more of you on other issues. The citizens seem to respond more when it gets in our pocket- books, but there's a lot more other events that have~more~ meaning in the long run than the water bills. I would like • to see more responses; we've got an election coming up and it's a good time to get new blood into the~Council.