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A special meeting with officials from the Town of Poughkeepsie wag held on April 27, 1977 at 7:00 O.M. in the American Legion Hall. Present: Mayor Symnett~ Tr. Lawrence~ Tr. $tlvestri~ Tr. O'Rourke, Tr, Schinella and Atty. Lyons. Town of Poughkeepsie: Supervisor Buchholz, Engineer Kelley~ Councilman Quimbay Heotzler & Councilman William Sedore. Purpose of the meeting was to discuss the sewer contract. Engineer Kelley reported the Town of Poughkeepsle was in a bind and they had another proposal but not enough money to support same at the present time. He stated that, due to the delay in Tri-Municipal, they had ~o do something for their customers in the south end. Mr. Kelley reported the following commercial parcels have expressed their desire to connect to the Village line: Arthur Treacher~ Flelshman's, Rosenbaum's, $chofield, Culligan and the Nine Mall which would total 35,130 gals. per day and 124 residential units. He stated they proposed to construct a holding tank of 24,000 9allbn capacity and discharge the tank contents to ~he Villa ge system at off peak hours (11:00 PM to 6:00 AM). Mr. Kelley reported Culligan is not included in the tank size since it has its o~n holding tank and cand discharge at designated times. He stated that at the current rate Of $55.00 per house~ per year, 124 addltinal connections' could yield $6620. per year. Mr. Kelley reported the following existing usegs as of last quarter: 319 single family housesl 16 school equivilant; 6 Dorchester equivilantl 9 Lamplighter equivilant for a total of 350. He stated the following was paid to Village, per contract, last quareer: 1/4 x350 x $55.= $4812. Sears': $2062~ Total: $6,874. Yearly cost: $27,500. Engineer Kelley reported Town was in the process of changing their sewer ordinance as billings were based on the average household use. Atty. Lyons reported agreement covering South Hills Mall was included under the contract with the Town of Poughkeepsie. Eng. Kelley reported {ddilions would effect flow at the plant but not the ~ydraulic operation. Atty. Lyons reported contract was'written for a flat sum in any.quarter provided the Town doesn't prove fewer connections. He said contract was equivilant to 400 connection~ unless the Town could prove otherwise. Atty. Lyons reported ~here was an escalator clause which would cover increased costs in the mintenance of the plant and we could charge a proportion of the increased costs. Tr. Schinella inquired if the Disposal Plant could handle an additional 35,000 gals per day and Atty. Lyons replied we would need an engineer's determination.