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North Pell rate filing. A copy of th( memorandum is attac Mr. Strommen stated that the PUC ha! orderer? a 50% reduct'. , n the Tier ratios for flat rate esidential and business lephone service in the metropolitan area. He noted that the (:x,ict dollar benefit of the change could not be cal- culated with certain— ')ecause Bell does not keep the necessary data. Based on avai. a figures Mr. Strommen estimated that the annual savings to •inr II througn IV customers approaches $? million. Arnold Albrecht of Bell has concurred with this esti- mate. Mr. Schoell and Mr. Nawrocki suggested that the specific dollar savings per municipality be calculated. Mr. Strommen pointed out the difficulty in obtaining accurate figures but acknowledged the desirability of such a breakdown and stated an effort would be made to determine approximate figures. Mr. Purdue related that he had been contacted regarding paLticipation in PUC hearinas on the reorganization of Bell into non -regulated subsidiaries in addition to its telephone company. tie stated that the primary issue would be cost allocation between the regulated and urreguluted businesses. Mr. Purdue advised that even monitoring such proceedings at the PUC would be very costly to the SPA and that SPA would not he uniquely affected. fie recommended against involvement in this issue. B. MWCC Administrative Review. James K. Spore, Burnsville City Manager and Burnsvi le Director on the SPA Board reported on the status of his work with the Independent Management Study Task Force. A concultan-t from Touche-Ross has been retained to perform a mar,!,cement study due by December 31, 1984. fie indicat- ed that the Executive Committee of the SPA will meet with the consultant on October 18th. Mr. Spore emphasized the importance of the Board expressing its concerns to the consultant. Several areas of concern were raised as matters to be related to the consultant, including MWCC fringe benefits, pay structure, contracts with labor, subcontracting policies, job classification of workers, budgeting and accountability to the public. C. Combir:ed Sewer Overflow. Mr. Purdue reported on the status of permitting for Minneapolis, St. Pau'_ and South St. Paul to discharge untreated sewage into the Mississippi from combined sewer Overflow. He distributed a "white paper" issued October 17th I—. the Metropolitan Council. A copy is attached. The paper proposes a state construction fund of approximately S50 million, annually for a period of five years. corty percent of the money would go to the metropolitan area and the remaining 60e wcu _1 qo to outstate cities for sewage treatment projects. The th:•tc� cities with CSO permits would receive 50% of the fun.dinq of remedial construction from the state fund. The paper states thr* EPA may forbid additional sewer hook-ups throughout thy• MWCC s stpm if a program for completion of construction y a out_Ty s nut a0 opted by state government. Mr. Purdue stated his view that this sanction is aimed primarily at the othor cities in the 3