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Louisville. A possible 10-20$ cost savings could <br />be realized by constructing a larger plant <br />expansion vs two smaller upgrades in on-going <br />operations and maintenance expense, according to <br />Phare. <br />Phare also related that the disposal of sludge <br />generated by the plant through the treatment <br />process would require one additional person who <br />would deal with this aspect. There would also be <br />additional expense for the disposal of the sludge. <br />State law requires extensive monitoring of the <br />method Louisville is using now -- disking into <br />available space on site. There will be less <br />available space with either expansion for this <br />type of disposal and the extensive State <br />monitoring is not economically feasible for a <br />plant of Louisville's size, according to Phare. <br />Cost analysis and growth scenarios were given to <br />Council for review. One option to lower the cost <br />would be to refinance the 1982 Bond Issue at a <br />lower percentage rate. Tap and rate increases <br />were also explored. Phare is consulting with the <br />City's bond counsel and will look in detail at <br />these options so that a complete finance package <br />can be presented ~to Council. <br />Hundley stated that the annual tap projections in <br />the growth scenarios reflects the residential <br />equivalent with commercial taps factored in. <br />Phare related that in his opinion Option C - 2.1 <br />mgd Expansion - lby a large extent indicates the <br />lowest cost option for a total treatment capacity <br />of ultimately 3.0 mgd for Louisville. <br />Luce asked that figures be generated to show the <br />amount of a possible rate increase and what the <br />structure of that would be over a period of time. <br />The digestion of sludge is coming to a critical <br />point. Staff hopes to keep this portion of <br />wastewater treatment in the total construction <br />project as there is a cost savings in management <br />and engineer expenses and also the potential of <br />receiving better bids on a total package. <br />However, if it comes to a point that the City can <br />no longer deal with the sludge issue, staff will <br />be coming back to Council for approval of that <br />portion of the wastewater treatment plant project. <br />A timetable for this project if approved would be <br />to receive bids in early fall with an <br />August/September 1986 completion date. <br />6 <br />