Saturday, June 15, 2013

Calaveras County Water District rate increase meeting.. Part 3

   June 10, 2013:   One person reminded the Board about lawsuits they got tied up with and lost,
costing us money. They only laid off 10 people in this recession.

   One person complained about the Board hiring Joone Lopez and giving her a raise and bonus's and then she just used us for a stepping stone and moved on to Orange County.

  Mr. Meyer said that that was a Board decision, not his. When they knew they didn't have money. That is a bad financial decision.

   One person wanted to know why they are pumping the water up the hill instead of using the gravity flow downhill. Someone named Bill at CCWD says he doesn't know why they do that. The plant was built down too low and now it costs to pump it back up.

   One person wanted to know why they didn't replace our pipelines instead of building a new building. We didn't hear an answer.

   There were people at the meeting who knew what they were talking about and asked many technical questions. Not many answers were given.

   One point made was that is wasn't fair to make these retirees pay for maintenance out of Ebbetts Pass to take care of other areas of the County. He said he sees no honesty here!  First you complain there was too much development, and now you complain that there isn't enough development.

   Part 4 next

  

  

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