Resolution 595-2002
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RESOLUTION NO. 595 2002
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING THAT THE KEY WEST
RESORT UTILITY (KWRU) CONVERT ITS WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT TO MEET AWT STANDARDS (5531),
THAT KWRU BE ALLOWED TO RECOVER
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION/MAINTENANCE
COSTS ABOVE AND BEYOND FUNDS ADVANCED TO
KWRU ($600 PER EDU) FOR MAKING THE CONVERSION,
AND THAT KWRU OBTAIN PERMITS FOR THE
TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE AS APPROPRIATE BY NO
LATER THAN THE JANUARY 1, 2007 DEADLINE
ESTABLISHED IN THE COUNTY'S CONTRACT WITH
KWRU.
WHEREAS, the County approved a contract with Key West Resort Utility
(KWRU) on July 31, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the contract establishes that the County may request that
KWRU upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to meet A WT standards (5 5 3 1),
and
WHEREAS, the contract provides that KWRU is allowed to recover costs
associated with the upgrade above and beyond the funds advanced to the Utility by
the County ($600 per EDU), namely additional conversion costs and higher plant
operation and maintenance costs; and
WHEREAS, the conversion to A WT will provide cesspits credits for use in
the lower Keys important to allowing the immediate use of all permit allocations,
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
Section 1. KWRU is requested to begin immediately to convert its wastewater
treatment plant to meet A WT standards (5 5 3 1).
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Section 2. KWRU should obtain permits for the treatment plant upgrade
immediately, if possible, in order to meets its construction deadline well in
advance of the January 1, 2007 deadline established in the County's contract
with KWRU.
Section 3. KWRU is allowed to recover costs of the conversion to A WT (both in
construction and operation and maintenance costs), above and beyond the $600
amount per EDU advanced to KWRU by the County for the conversion).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners,
Monroe County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held onthe 18th day
of December, A.D., 2002.
Mayor Dixie Spehar
Mayor Pro Tern Murray Nelson
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner David Rice
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