The audio below is from the Council meeting held on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. It starts out with Mayor Schroeder and a member of the public talking about water rates. Municipal Administrator Dave Maffei then joins the conversation.

At 0:41 of the audio, Maffei says, “There’s also an issue the computer system picked up…”

He then discusses rate adjustments that have been made depending on amount of water used per customer and the calculation that goes into the charge for excessive usage.

At 1:52 of the audio Maffei states, “That calculation was something that has been in the Point Pleasant Boro ordinances since back in the 1980′s.”

Then comes the an interesting tidbit.

Maffei says that the computer, “…wasn’t picking it up and wasn’t charging it along the way.”

Wow. The town passed an ordinance for water rates in the 1980′s and “the computer” never got the message so the fees for excessive water usage were never collected…? If so, the potential implications are huge:

* How long were fees not collected and how much did we lose in uncollected revenue?

* Were recent water rates increases on homeowners used to make up the difference?

* Who is watching the store at Boro Hall?

Listen to the audio for yourself…