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Prescott City Council Joint Special Meeting/ Study Session — October 21, 2008 Page 16 temporary employee. In addition, he said, it also gives Council and policy setters the advantage of being able to see what other communities are doing He said that he would recommend a full-blown study, but if they were chosen again, the fees would not be near as high because the models have been built; there is a lot of work that would not be required the second time. Councilman Bell asked Mr. Norwood if he would anticipate a flood of people coming in to beat the increases if they had a six-month delay in implementation. Mr. Norwood said that he does not think they would see a huge surge. Mayor Wilson said that if they entertain that, he would like to see a report from Mr. McConnell about what projects would be deferred for six months. Mr. Jackson said that a big key in any delay is if they anticipate any large meters coming on line. Councilman Lamerson said that he has maintained all along that solely relying on impact fees is not right, but if that is the policy they have, he does not think that delaying it is an advantage. He said that he is a little disappointed that someone has not grasped that there are other alternatives, but he would not support delaying it. Jack Helman, 849 Flying U Court, complimented the editorial in the newspaper, and also the two presenters, noting that he found it very educational. He asked Mr. McConnell if he or anyone on his staff found anything in the Economists.com report questionable. Mr. McConnell said that he, his staff, finance, the Manager's office, analysts, etc. have been involved in the study process and reviewed the documents. They used the 45-day period to consider any questions that have been raised, and it is their conclusion that the study is complete, competent and legally sufficient to the requirements of ARS for studies of this type. Mr. Helman said that he does not understand why after paying $137,000 for a report, and having it reviewed by City staff and Council members, they are still flailing around. He said that as a user of the facilities, he does not recall any opportunity for him to contest or argue the rate increases he just had. Mayor Wilson said that there had been public hearings held on the rate increases. Steve Blair, 1802 Northside, said that he was concerned about the slide showing that the use of fixture counts for determining rates was going away. He said that a year ago he offered to pay his impact fees and was told he was not required to pay one. He said that they had a pipebursting project done a few years ago to oversize the line on Ruth. There was no new construction on the line, yet they are holding people responsible for