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Euoh 19 I' cF 877 WHEREAS, the parties need to establish a system of operation that will be followed while this period of study and testing takes place; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lee County Board of Commissioners sitting as the governing body of the Lee County Water and Sewer District No. 1 as follows: SECTION 1. City will continue to furnish water, operate and maintain the system as it has in the past. The current rate for water is $2.53 per thousand gallons and the rate for maintenance is $1.89 per thousand gallons of water. These rates will remain in effect until the next adjustment, which will be established and put into effect beginning July 1, 2005. SECTION' 2. The County will employ the Timmons Group from Richmond, Virginia, to schedule sampling and testing of the water system through September, 2004. and to fully evaluate the issues associated with cause for decay of the chlorine residual and the need for extensive flushing twenty -four hours a day on a seven -day a week basis. The City agrees to cooperate with the Timmons Group to allow it to accomplish such analysis. SECTION 3. Flushing will continue as presently required by the City Public Works Department and the cost of such flushing shall be split evenly between the City and the County. The division of the cost for past and future flushing will be adjusted based on the showings of the engineering tests to determine responsibility. SECTION 4. The City will have analysis done by an independent qualified agency to determine the cost of producing a given quantity of potable water and the cost of transmission of such quantity to the County's and District's lines by June 15, 2004.