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, I I PRES8'lTATIlJ! BY CCJJMISSIO'JER JlIDITH FLETCHER TO THE CIlY OF NEW BRIGh'T~ COlf'lCIL rvEETING WW 22.. 1984 I TIS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO REV I EW THE METROPOLI T Ai'\J HASTE CONTROL COtv'M I SS ION I S COST ALLOCATION SYSTEM WITH YOU TONIGHT. FIRST.. I ~.oULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND DATA ABOUT THE C0M'-11 SS lOt! . AND THEN I WILL TALK ABOUT COST ALLOCATlO~I. THE METROPOLITAN WASTE COtITROL COMMISSION SERVICES 101 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALI- TIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN COUNTY AREA. THE Cot1"llSSION VIEWS ITSELF AS THE PRIMARY fv\A.NAGER.. AND COORDINATOR OF THE AREAIS WASTE SYSTEM. THERE ARE NINE APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS AND 939 EMPLOYEES WHOSE FUNCTIONS RANGE FROM PLAtJNING THROUGH ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION TO THE OPERATIONS AND FINALLY nUALITY CO~~OL OF OUR SYSTEM. THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED BY THE 1969 LEGISLATURE AS THE METRO- POLITAN SEWER BoARD. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RENAMED THE METROPOLITAN ~IASTE CONTROL COMMISSION AS ITS~ERS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES ~~RE REFINED BY THE 1974 METROPOLITAN REORGANIZATION ".CT. THE METROPOLITAN DISPOSAL SYSTEM INCLUDES 14 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES OF INTERCEPTOR SEY~R LINES WITH NUMEROUS PUMPING.. METER- ING AND WATER QUALITY f"ONITORING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. THE DISPOSAL SYSTEJVI SERVES 5..CXXl MILES OF LOCAL TRUNK SEWERS Ov.,'NED AND W\INTAINED BY THE COfvY'v1U- NITIES. COSTS TO OPEPATE TREATMENT PLANTS ARE APPORTIONED EQUALLY TO ALL COf'IMUNITIES ON AN AREA-WIDE BASIS IN PROPORTION TO FLOW CONTRIBUTED. COSTS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM ARE APPORTIONED TO COf1vlINITlES ON A SERVICE AREA BASIS. THE SEVEN COUNTIES ARE DIVIDED INTO SIX SERVICE AREAS: SERVICE MEA L 2.1 3.1 4.. 5.1 AND 6. NEW BRIGHTON IS IN SERVICE AREA 2. THE COMvlISSION ALLOCATES COSTS FOR TREATMENT ~<IORKS AND INTERCEPTORS TO MUNI- CIPALITIES BASED ON THE TOTAL WASTEWATER FLOW FROM THE MUNICIPALITY TOGETHER WITH