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<br />Regular Council Meeting - , <br />4/24/95 <br />Page Five <br />Shelly Kovacevic, 6771 Eastgate - said once this line goes in, we will all face this <br />direct assessment. Can you tell me that any of this funding will help us in the <br />future? <br />Mayor Rinker said he does not have a crystal ball; he does not know if we will have <br />additional funding. He does not know what the direct cost will be and what <br />funding will be available. There are other ways that they can find to cut the costs, by <br />grouping together, by looking for competitive pricing. He can't tell you if Issue II <br />funds will be available at that time, because nobody can tell you. They are <br />committed to it. Over a majority of Council is facing the same or similar problem. <br />We are all in it together and are committed to making this as painless as possible. <br />Mrs. Kovacevic asked how they can help the Village get the monies. <br />Mayor Rinker said when you write your Congressman. When we start looking at <br />ways that there are other funding opportunities. Whether that will be with grant <br />monies; looking for a bank of contractors. Those are some of the kinds of things that <br />can be done. We will be working on that in Worton Park over the next year. We <br />will learn more as we go along there. We are in this together and are committed to <br />making this work well. <br />Bob Perna, 6754 Eastgate Drive, asked Mayor Rinker to project this whole room 100 <br />years from now. We have had sewers for 90 years in this community and they are <br />failing. How do we go about replacing them. <br />Mayor Rinker said in 90 years he will tell you. <br />Ginny Johnson, 6765 Eastgate Drive - said when they moved here 35 years ago, they <br />moved to a community that had septic tanks. They were told at that time that the <br />septic tanks were sufficient and that they would not have sewers down the road. <br />Now, her husband and her are retired. They are going to be facing extra expenses. <br />Whose idea is it to put the sewers in? If the septic tanks aren't working, that is one <br />thing. But, Mrs. Johnson said she hasn't heard anyone complain that the septic <br />tanks are failing and that there are any problems. Don't you think the people have a <br />voice in that? Are they being forced to move out of the Village because of the added <br />expense at their age. Is there an explanation for having sewers? Whose idea is it <br />and who is responsible for the sewers in the first place? <br />Mayor Rinker said all that has been addressed at the two different meetings (one <br />meeting was 4 hours, the other was 2.) He doesn't know how to address it any <br />differently.