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I I I Council Meeting Minutes April 26, 1988 from the Army goes to replace the sources). Also needing an explanation, Benke stated, is that part of the anger that surfaced is because of the problems staff has had in attempting to resolve the issues which came from trying to find the problems where meters are read inaccurately; believes we are at the point where we have most of the bugs out but we need to make the case to our customers that this has been a necessary catch-up process and, hopefully, from this point on things will be better. Benke questioned the slippage of receivable amounts; Egan explained that the outstanding $650,000 represents about 25% of the total revenue; suggested a possible change could be the timing of billing (i .e. every two months rather than a three-month cycle); 15% of the total customers will go delinquent. In response to Benke's inquiry, Egan estimated that $250,000 of the $650,000 is delinquent; did not see turning off water as a real solution, and indicated the late fee is a good incentive to pay on time. In response to Williams's question, Egan indicated notices are left at the residence when a resident does not keep an appoint- ment, and that is followed up with two mailed courtesy notices. r~otion by Benke, seconded by Williams, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RATES. to WAIVE THE READING AND 1988 WA~ER ANC SEWER USER 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Announcements and Updat~s Brandt updated council on the Ramsey County Charter Commission's (RCCC) activities; and reported the Ramsey County League of Local Government (RCLLG) passed a resolution which stated they thought it was inappropriate for the RCCC to dilute its efforts toward determining whether or not a charter was appropriate by taking on a comprehensive study of all units of government located within Ramsey County. Benke indicated his comments to Bob Butell were: the RCCC was diluting its effort and losing their credibility; Benke's percep- tion was that cities were not opposed to studying or evaluating opportunities to consolidate joint services but felt the approach was totally wrong; if the Board showed the good faith effort by putting ,the proposal on the shelf and sat with the RCLLG to work out what the study would involve, joint funding might well be possible; and, if that came to fruition, Benke would make recom- mendation to this council that New Brighton might help. Williams stated there is very little, if any, good will between the cities and the RCCC; apparently RCCC Chairman Faricy had agreed to discuss it with all mayors before going further but, apparently, no contact was made with a single mayor; Norgaard and Page 20 Announcements ~nd UB-ci9_~~_ RCCC Update