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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE EAGLE
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~~ NCOMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)
COMMISSIONER MARSHA SMITH
COMMISSIONER DENNIS HANSEN
PLACE:Eagle Senior Citizen Center
312 East State Street
Eagle, Idaho
DATE:October 12 005
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For the Staff:Donald Howell, Esq.
Deputy At torney General
472 West Washington
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
For Eagle Water Company:RI CHARDSON & 0' LEARY
by Molly 0' Leary, Esq.
515 North 27thBoise, Idaho 83702
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WITNESS
I N D E X
EXAMINATION BY PAGE
George Menhorn
(Publ ic)
Tim Adams
(publ ic)
Statement
Wal ter Hamm
(Publ ic)
Statement
Commlssioner Hansen
Commissioner Smi
Commissioner Kj ellander
Statement
Commissloner Hansen
Commlssioner Smi
Commissloner Kj ellander
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EAGLE 1 IDAHO 1 TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 12, 2005, 7: 00 P.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Good evening
ladies and gentlemen.We'll go ahead and get started
thi s evening.This is the time and place for a hearing
in Case No. EAG-05-, also known as the matter of Eagle
Water Company's request for a temporary surcharge.
name is Paul Kj ellander.m the Chairman of this
evening's public hearing.To my right is Commissioner
Dennis Hansen and to my left is Commissioner Marsha
Smi th .The three of us will ul timately decide the
outcome of the issues presented in this case.Before we
go further 1 we'll first take the appearances of the
parties and we'll begin with Eagle Water.
MS. 0' LEARY:This is Molly 0' Leary and I
am here on behalf of Eagle Water.
COMMI SS IONER KJELLANDER:And for the
legal counsel representing Staff.
MR . HOWELL:My name is Don Howe 11 .m a
Deputy Attorney General representing the Commission
Staff.
COMMI S S IONER KJELLANDER:Thank you.
there anyone else that needs to be recognized this
evening for purposes of cross-examination?And if not
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then , we'll move forward with this evening's proceedings.
The sale purpose of this public hearing this evening
to take testimony from members of the public regarding
the Company's surcharge application , and the way it will
work is we have a list of those who wish to testify that
had been circulated earlier and we have some names there.
If throughout the evening you decide if you haven't
signed up that you do want to provide testimony this
evening or a statement 1 we certainly will welcome that
and provide that opportunity before the evening is over.
Al so 1 if we get to your name and you
decide that you don't wish to testify 1 just let us know
and we'll move forward from there.Again, how it will
work is we'll call your name.You'll come forward and
sit hopefully in a soft chair here in the center next to
the microphone and legal counsel representing Staff will
swear you in and simply ask you to raise your right hand
and then swear that you are going to be telling the
truth., I'm sorry 1 we're going to allow our own
personal at torney who is also a Commissioner, Marsha
Smi th , to have the honor of doing that, and then from
there you're allowed to provide us your statement 1 and
then once you've completed your statement, there will be
an opportuni ty for some of the parties to ask some
follow-up questions and also for the Commissioners to ask
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some follow-up questions based on what you've said.
We have a transcriptionist here 1 so there
will be an official record that we'll be able to review
as we get closer to making a final decision.I believe
the next time line past this date is October 18th and
believe that I s the date in which both the
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is the final
deadline for written testimony to be filed or actually
written comments to be filed with the Commission.That
can be done also from our website and it's also the
filing deadline for testimony from parties in the case
most notably I believe Staff is waiting for the
conclusion of this workshop and public hearing before
they file their comments with the Commission and that'
on the 18th.
It's our intent as the Commission to move
as quickly as possible to then render a decision and get
that put into a final Order 1 so with that 1 we're ready to
begin the proceeding this evening and I believe the first
person that we need to call forward is Susan Menhorn.
MS. MENHORN:I have submitted written
comments which I think will suffice.I just submitted
them thi s evenlng.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay 1 thank you
and next 1 I believe , is George Menhorn.
MS. MENHORN:Tha t 's me.
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COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you 1 Mr.
Menhorn 1 if you could come forward.That Chair doesn't
have wheels on it 1 so I apologize if it's heavy.
GEORGE MENHORN
appearing as a public witness 1 having been duly sworn
was examined and testified as follows:
EXAMINATION
BY MR. HOWELL:
Could you state your name and spell your
last name for the record , please?
George Menhorn , M-e-n-r-n.
And Mr. Menhorn, are you a customer of
Eagle Water Company?
Yes.
Caul d you glve an addre s s 1 please?
9754 West Big Springs.
And do you have statement you'd like
present the Commlssion tonight?
WeIl , my statement is why should we pay
for something for somebody else that when it's paid for
it belongs to them and we have no say over it and they
can do with it what they want, like putting down the
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well.They put down the well , we pay for it and then
after the well is down , then they add other developments
on and we're back to the same place we are now as far
the water pressure is concerned.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Does that
conclude your statement 1 Mr. Menhorn?
THE WITNESS:Yes.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you.
Let's see if there are some follow-up questions.Are
there any questions from members of the Company?From
the attorney representing Staff?
MR. HOWELL:Staff has no questions.
COMMI S S IONER KJELLANDER:No questions
from --
MS. 0' LEARY:Eagle Water Company has no
questions.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:How about from
members of the Commission?I just have one question , so
then your real concern is about future growth and, in
essence 1 planning towards that future growth; is that
correct?
THE WITNESS:Right.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay, thank you
again for your testimony and appreciate your presence
thi s evening.
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(The wi tness left the stand.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Let's call
Mr. Tim Adams.
TIM ADAMS
appearlng as a publ ic wi tness 1 having been first duly
sworn 1 testified as follows:
EXAMINATION
BY MR. HOWELL:
Mr. Adams , could you state your full name
and spell your last for the record, please?
My name is Tim Adams, A-d-a-m-s.Ii ve
at 238 Mission Drive and I've been a customer of Eagle
Water for approximately 24 -and-half years.
And do you have a statement 1 sir?
Yes, I do.
Please go ahead.
It appears to me that this is really two
separate issues we're looking at here.There's some
expenditures that have been ordered by the Commission to
be prepared.One is for the replacement of a 12-inch
line ,one lS for the engineering study and one is for
legal and accounting fees.The other issue is the
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further developments 1 ei ther addi tional booster pumps or
well No.With regard to the items that have been
ordered by the Commission , the replacement of the
eight-inch line , there's some question of who is really
liable for these expenses 1 but as the Company pointed out
to me 1 they need an easement from these people and if the
gravel company that undermined the line had paid more
money to replace this 1 they would just add it to the cost
of the easement 1 so there's really no way of getting out
of paying for that.I have no problems wi th those
expenses as a resul t .
The engineering report 1 Eagle Water is a
small company 1 doesn't maintain a planning staff.
seems only reasonable that occasionally they're going to
have to incur professional fees to get that engineering
report.The legal and accounting expenses 1 there'
250 requested.Exhibits 5 and 6 of their application
only addressed $5,500.Mrs. 0' Leary informed me earlier
that the 7,250 number was an error and it should be 5,500
as covered by Exhibits 5 and
Those are my comments regarding what the
Commission already ordered.Wi th regard to well No.7 1
it seems that this has been an ongoing proj ect and in
their application , it goes back to at least March of
2002.Mr. DeShazo indicated earlier that it goes back a
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little bit further than that.It seems to me that this
would be more appropriately addressed separately 1 perhaps
by a surcharge.m familiar with utility regulation
where companies borrow money 1 create the capi tal
improvement and petition the Commission once the
improvement is used and useful , but it was pointed out
earlier that small companies frequently do this.They
begin collecting the money up front to act as collateral
on the loan.
My only thought on that is looking at , for
instance 1 Capi tol Water 1 their surcharges are spread over
a longer period of time on maj or things such as this or
at least that what I've seen on your websi te 1 so it may
well be that well No.7 lS an appropriate proj ect.
does seem to me that choosing that prior to completing
the engineering study is kind of putting the cart before
the horse.Part of the engineering study 1 the resul ts of
that 1 should say what the next improvement should be, so
that seems a little premature 1 but it may very well be
tha t that's the proper way.I would just encourage the
Commission to spread those costs out over a longer period
of time so not only the current customers of Eagle Water
could pay for that, but the cost would also be put on the
other people that will be utilizing the additional
capacity created by that well.
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COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you
Mr. Adams.AreLet's see if there are some questions.
there any questions from Eagle Water?
MS. 0' LEARY:No 1 we do not have any
questions for this witness.Thank you.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Mr. Howell?
MR.HOWELL:questions.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Questions from
members the Commlssion?Comml s s i one r Hansen.
EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER HANSEN:
I would just like to follow up on your
comment on a longer period of time.Do you have a period
of time in mind, like twice as long as the proposal or
Well , 30 years seem a little long 1 but I
believe Capi to 1 Water has some surcharges spread over a
seven-year period and as I understand 1 once enough money
is collected to pay off the amount they were collecting
then it stops even if that's early 1 but a seven-year
period seemed more reasonable to me.I figured the
Commission probably has experience wi th other small
companies and surcharges and typical periods there.
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EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER SMITH:
I guess my question was similar to
Commissioner Hansen's 1 only I went out the other way.
Did you have in mind a recommendation for what you
thought a sui table percentage surcharge would be?
WeIl , I think we have to look at what the
capi tal recovery required is and the percentages kind of
fall out from that.I don't think you can't prej udge a
percentage.I don t want to pay any 1 but it's obviously
not practical to have no surcharge at all.
So it wasn't a question of the actual
percentage 1 just the period of time?
Right.That would lower the percentage
but it would also allow other people, future customers
to contribute to a resource they'll be utilizing.
EXAMINATION
BY COMMI S S IONER .KJELLANDER:
And I guess a third follow-up question on
the same ine would be to extend the loan out over a
greater period of time would mean additional carrying
charges which ul timately means their customers will pay
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more for that surcharge.Let's assume that 1 maybe it's a
tough assumption to even get to 1 that we don't see as
much growth going forward.Wi th that in mind 1 the same
customers would be covering that, but actually paying
more over that period of time 1 so again , what do you
think would be a reasonable expectation if you were to
extend it out seven to ten years?Would that carrYlng
charge then factor in heavily in your support for
extending it out that long?
WeIl , I'm an englneer , not an economist or
an accountant 1 but I don't think it's going to 1 the
addi tional carrying charge is going to 1 offset 1 would
cause the current customers to actually pay more.WeIl
I don't think the growth is going to stop and sometimes
wish it would , but again , that's not a practical
assumption.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:WeIl , thank you.
Are there other questions?I f not 1 thank you 1 Mr. Adams
for your testimony and we appreciate your presence this
evenlng.
THE WITNESS:Thank you for the
opportuni ty.
(The wi tness left the stand.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Let I S call Jerri
Richardson.
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MS. RI CHARDSON :m just going to submi t
ml ne .I don't want to talk.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay 1 thank you.
Let's call Chuck Boyer.
MR. BOYER:I'll pass at this time.
COMMI SS IONER KJELLANDER:Okay 1 let I s look
to Wal ter Hamm.Mr. Hamm
WALTER HAMM
appearlng as a public witness, having been duly sworn
was examined and testified as follows:
THE WITNESS:My name is Wal ter Hamm and
1 i ve in the subdi vi s ion wi th the pres sure probl em.
EXAMINATION
BY MR. HOWELL:
And your addre s s 1 Mr. Hamm?
10478 North Cayuse Way.
Thank you.
Cayuse, C-I t seems that we'
talking about justification for surcharges and so forth.
Based on what?Based on the solutions that the Company
has brought forth to us and are these viable solutions?
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Have these been inspected by other englneers or is it
their engineer?DEQ does not do engineering studies
they do purification studies.I t seems we're get t ing the
cart before the horse in that we're trying to establish a
surcharge or a reason for a surcharge without having a
solution for the problem.
One of the other things, when we build
roads in a new subdivision and so forth , they re usually
charged to the builder and so forth , are the water
installations and the headers 1 the lines 1 the pumps and
all the paraphernalia that goes in it 1 are these charged
into the home builder?Now ,our home builder 1 and I have
no paperwork on this 1 but I'm sure that it was a fact
after they put in the booster pump 1 Eagle Water came
forward and said you should install a pressure pump on
each one of your homes.Now , that should have told
somebody there was a problem somewhere.I d like Eagle
Water to tell me if this is fact or fiction because
could be either.With that understanding, this was not
done by the builder.He could have easily done so and
charged it to the homeowner as the buyer.
The solutions that have been presented
here 1 the wells and the booster pump 1 within Vlew of the
growth that we're experiencing here 1 yes 1 we need the
we 11 .Yes 1 we need the booster pump up there def ini tely;
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however 1 I'm not so sure that the booster pump
installation that they are planning is going to satisfy
the situation.We have a mechanical system and
mechanical systems fail and they have to be replaced or
reworked 1 have some kind of work done on them
periodically as a routine thing and so just as soon as
one of the booster pumps fails 1 we're going to be right
back to rock bot tom as we were before.
m at a standstill here.m not sure
that we're accomplishing what we want to accomplish.
hope that we do, but I'm disturbed because we're seeing
no satisfaction to our personal problem up here in the
pressure si tuation.It seems that there's adequate
water 1 but we have a height problem.Tha t 's w ha t I'
told and if we can t get the water up there 1 what I s going
to happen as they fill out the lower sections?We have
huge 1 huge 1 subdivisions going in , and I thank you very
much for your time.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Why don't we see
if there I s some questions for you before we let you go.
I want to see if there are any questions from Eagle
Water.
MS. 0' LEARY:No 1 we do not have any
questions for this witness.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Mr. Howell.
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MR . HOWELL:No questions.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Are there
questions from members of the Commission?
EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER HANSEN:
I was just kind of curious of the size of
lots that you have there in your subdivision or your lot
is it just a normal size or is it, like 1 a half acre or
an acre lot?
No 1 these are normal size lots.I have a
little larger lot than some of them 1 but it I S, like, 200
by 200 on a corner lot which , of course 1 is larger.
was voiced , it was also voiced in a publication that we
wasted water.I have a problem wi th that and yes , we do
waste water.We have large areas , larger areas for park
vlew 1 whatever.m sorry 1 I can't express myself 1 but
here we are 1 we're trying to take care of these large
areas and this was a proposal
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we were directed , the
builder was directed, to have this open area , had to
have 1 what 1 seven or ten percent 1 something like ten
percent open area.Now , we have huge areas up there that
are wide open and we try to maintain them in the green
and , of course, it takes a lot of water.WeIl , it takes
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a lot of money on our part 1 too.I think it's something
like $33 , 000 and we're the party that's suffering from
this.Now 1 the Commission here, you did not establish
these park areas.Who did establish these park areas?
Just a follow-up.On these larger areas
and if you've had pressure problems up there , which you
said you had, do you have a difficult time keeping those
green?I guess the reason
They turned quite brown this summer 1 yes
even by --
Even though you may be accused of wasting
water 1 they're still not too green?
I don t know where that came from 1 but it
was there 1 broad in black and whi te We regulate our
watering patterns and everything else and Chuck up here
he has problems early in the morning taking a shower
because the water drizzles out.They have - - they took
pressure readings on some of the homes there over a
period of time.Now 1 I'm not privy to that information
but Chuck has that information , I believe.
MR. BOYER:Some mornings I was blowing
air out of my pipes.
THE WITNESS:m at the bottom of the
hill , so I'm in better shape than most 1 but I won't be in
good shape for long if we don't solve this problem.It'
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going to get worse before it gets better.
EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER SMITH:
Mr. Hamm, how long have you resided in the
Eagle Water service area?
Two - and - a - hal f years.
Is this summer the first time you've had
these pressures problems?
No 1 there's been pressure problems there
constantly.
And do you have a homeowner'
association?
Yes, we do.
And are they the ones who tend the common
areas?
We contract maintenance crews to do that;
however 1 the homeowner I s association does supervise them
to some extent as far as watering these particular
areas.
I recall 1 and maybe my recollection is not
accurate 1 but it seemed to me that there was some
allegations that customers were resistant to doing
something like al ternate day sprinkling or avoiding
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sprinkling during peak hours and doing that at night.
Are you aware of any resistance among your
This has been discussed, yes 1 it has been
discussed, and I think in general 1 they were perhaps not
quite as insistent as they could be.
Who was not insistent?
The people following the board, all right
the board suggestions.
In other words 1 the board didn t say we
want to institute alternate day sprinkling?
WeIl, you can only do so much there.
follows a similar trend throughout ~ny ci ty that I'
ever been in where they have al ternate day watering and
so forth.You'll always find a certain percentage
unless you enforce it 1 you re going to have a certain
percentage that's not going to follow your ruling.
In your particular subdivision, is it your
observation that that percentage who would be resistant
to that is large or small or what do you think?
We could profit by that 1 but you know
where our profit would ga, it would go down in the valley
here.I don t see anybody suffering that problem down
here.
When you say you would profit by that 1 you
mean you would then have adequate water pressure during
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peak times?
It wouldn't change the water pressure
don't think.Most of the watering is done at 1 say 1 in
the evenings or night times up there.There are some
early 1 early morning periods 1 but they cut back on that.
Now 1 I don't have a schedule wi th me.We could obtain
the schedule.
This is for the common areas?
These are for common areas 1 yes.
COMMISSIONER SMITH:All right 1 thank
you.
THE WITNESS:Of course 1 we're trying to
maintain our value of our homes there 1 too.I don'
think anyone on the council or anybody else is going to
let their grass just go for the heck of it.
EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:
Let me follow up and take it another step
further.One of the things that we're starting to hear
more talk of in the valley as water becomes a tighter
lssue across the board , whether it's for irrigation of
homeowners or for farm or even for access because of the
drought years to generate hydroelectricity and one of the
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discussions that's gaining more focus is the concept of
xeroscaping which doesn't necessarily mean just letting
it go to desert 1 some of it looks pretty nice.Your
homeowner's association as it stands now 1 I'm assuming
has covenants that more than likely would restrict any
that and I'm just wondering out loud and maybe to ask a
direct question, gl ven what we're seeing in the State
Idaho across the board and sensitivity to water and water
rights, is it time to maybe look at the homeowners
get ting together and looking at some legi timate
approaches to xeroscaping as they move forward and maybe
even to encourage the city as they begin to look
allowing new subdivisions to come on board to perhaps
take into consideration the reality of where we live , the
high plains desert?
, I feel absolutely 1 slr.Take a look
at Arizona, take a look at Phoenix.Phoenix has some
very 1 very strong laws now of decorating their lots and
their lands and their watering habits and so forth.
We'way behind that.Eventually we will catch up.
asked question earlier some gentleman down here and
said how many personal water we 11 s do we have in the
City of Eagle?We have seven maj or 1 Eagle Water Company
has 1 but how many personal water wells do we have and how
long will those personal water wells last and then where
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are we golng to be?
As an additional follow-up, we were here
in Eagle about a year ago over another utility matter
with a different utility and it was very evident that
local government officials were in many respects very
progressi ve, cared deeply about the appearance of the
communi ty and were very, I think , eager to try and do
what was right and in the public interest by and large.
Is it time, then, to maybe go to them as a subdivision to
say look, we ought to be the poster child perhaps for
what might be necessary as we look at trying to manage
growth as it relates to a very significant resource that
we I re going to have to have in order for this community
to survive?
I don't think anybody is prepared to start
that problem.I wouldn't be the one to answer that
properly.We have a beautiful city here and it takes a
certain amount of water.At least we have a rl ver.
There are a lot of subdivisions that are on pressurized
irrigation systems.HowUnfortunately 1 we were not.
much the irrigation affects our actual water pressure in
the homes is questionable.I don't know.
One final question and it was in reference
to earlier comments 1 I might have been misinterpreting
what you were asking the Commission to do 1 so I'll just
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try to ask the question and get your response.Were you
asking us as a Commission to take our time in trying
determine which option to pick?
No.m a little confused in that are
these solutions that have been presented to you, are
these the only solutions that are being considered?
That's what I'm asking.WhatAre any of you engineers?
engineers engineered this part 1 these solutions that they
have suggested and have they been reviewed?If you build
a building downtown 1 you build a big building usually in
a city 1 then you have an architectural board that goes
around and they take a look at this after it has been
designed and they say hey 1 that I s okay, but we ought to
change thi s maybe 1 okay 1 so they change it , so what
engineering group is doing this?Is it Eagle Water?
So you re asking us to be quick but
thorough?
I'd like to know who I s putting up the
solutions.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you.
THE WITNESS:Who drafted the solution,
Eagle Water , and are they good solutions?That's all
ask.Thank you very much.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Are there
further questions?I f not 1 thank you 1 Mr. Hamm.
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(The wi tness left the stand.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Is Mr. David
Head back?No.I s there anyone el se who would ike to
testify?It would be my preference to just take a quick
recess for about five minutes.I believe that there were
some people who had direct questions that they wanted to
ask perhaps the Company and they are here and I'm more
than probably fair in saying they wouldn't mind having an
opportuni ty trying to respond to some of those off the
record and that would give us about five minutes to allow
Mr. Head who was here earlier and stepped out to see if
he might return and we could take his testimony and then
adj ourn the hearing thi s evening 1 so wi th that 1 we'll
take about a five- to ten-minute recess.
(Recess.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:We'll go back on
the record and I believe that Mr. Head has not returned
so if any of you know Mr. Head, David Head, from 855
Stillwell 1 you would probably be doing him a favor if you
let him know that he still has an opportunity to send
some wri t ten comments and we certainly would appreciate
those.
Regarding the written comments, the
deadline will be the 16th of this month
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18th of this
month 1 trying to speed this along, aren't I , the 18th of
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this month.That will also be the same filing date for
the comments from Staff in relationship to this case.
I mentioned earlier 1 it would be the intent of the
Commission to move as quickly as reasonable to bring some
resolution and issue an Order in this case as soon
possible thereafter so there being no further testimony
that will be taken this evenlng 1 we want to thank all of
you for coming out 1 for taking part in both the workshop
and public hearing and again , we look forward to getting
out a quick Order and resolution to this matter and help
you move forward with the water service in your area, so
wi th that 1 we are adj ourned .
(The Hearing adj ourned at 7: 40 p. m.
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T I C T I O
This is to certify that the foregoing
proceedings held in the matter of the Eagle Water
Company's request for a temporary surcharge 1 commencing
at 7:00 p., on Wednesday 1 October 12 , 2005, at the
Eagle Senior Citizen Center , 312 East State Street
Eagle 1 Idaho 1 is a true and correct transcript of said
proceedings and the original thereof for the file of the
Commission.
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