20080402Amended Application.pdf

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iVEDALGOMA WATER COMPAN
P.O. BOX 751
SANDPOIN, ID 83864
[phone]
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(March 24, 2008
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
P.O. BOX 83720
BOISE, il 83720-0074
(RE: RESPONSE, IPUC, CASE NO. A WS..W-07-1, ITEMS 23 THROUGH 35
Dear Commissioners:
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In response to your request for additional information I have attched Items 23 though 28 that
were compiled by Robert Hanson from Water Systems Management, Inc. He can be reached at
[phone]. Item 29 though 35 were prepared by Joan Brittai, Bookkeeper and Biling
Clerk for Algoma Water. You can reach me at [phone]. Regarding Request No.3 1 and
32, the fixed assets on the Balance Sheet are not depreciated because ofthetige of the items.
Except for repairs, these are the original items placed in service in 1989. Regarding Request No.
35, there is a loan of $4,000 from Robert Carier/Nortem Utilities to pay for repairs on the
system. It has not yet been paid back.rc-
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In May of 2007 we requested a rate increase for the commercial hookups to $40 per month. After
discussion with Bob Hanson, we feel that should be amended to $54 per month. The residential
rate increae we requested was $30 per month, and we would like to amend that to $36. We are
expecting major repairs on the system durg the sumer of '08, and need to have the revenue to
pay for them. Bob Hanson has spent five hours preparg and copying the items you requested
and I wil also have nearly that amount of tie in preparing this report. At the curnt rates, these
bils can hardly be paid and major repairs have to be paid out of pocked by the owner. The
system is continuing to operate in the red with negative net income in both '06 and '07, and the
owner wil not be able to operate the system with a continued loss like this. We trly hope that
the curent rate increase wil be approved as soon as possible. We had hoped that the increase
would go into effect last fall. Now we are ending the first quarer of '08 and still have not
received approval. Your expediting ths would be greatly appreciated.
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Than you for grting our request for extension of tie to prepare ths report. Bob Hanson was
out oftown, and we were grte until 3/31/08.
If you have any questions regarding Algoma Water, please do not hesitate to call me.
S. incerely, '" LJ. ... . \~~
Joan Britt
Bookkeeper - [phone]