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V residential users. The thought behind this is that it is a more equitable method that is going to be the same inside and outside the City. What we are trying to say is that the folks who have been paying into the system have paid for the system. This makes any new person who is tapping into our existing system has to pay a buy -in charge essentially. These developments are buying into a system that has been paid for by others. For the large users, we also do a peak factor discount. That essentially says we have to build our infrastructure for it to be used at peak uses. A lot of our residential use comes all at once. There is one (1) exemption for similar use development where a property was on the system before and had already been paying into the system. Committee Chair Dr. Varner asked about the special rate contract. Mr. Horvath responded they only have one (1) special rate contract and that would supersede this as it is written. We are trying to figure out where that goes when it expires. Committee Chair Dr. Varner stated they will have to do another meeting on this but he invited the public to comment at this time. No one from the public spoke on the issue. Councilmember Davis stated our congressperson, senators and governor all need to be given a packet after the election detailing this issue. That has to happen on both sides of the isle, Democrat and Republican. This consent agreement is a big deal. Committee Chair Dr. Varner stated the Utilities Committee can help with that. Simple cold hard facts have not been available to express the nature of this issue and we can do a better job at that. We have some big issues ahead of us and we can keep working on them and make some progress. With no further business before the Committee, Committee Chair Dr. David Varner adjourned the meeting at 6:05 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, D avid Varner, Committee Chair