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Home My WebLink AboutFLow Violations 1994P11 (317) 571-2443 CARMEL UTILITIES The Honorable Ted Johnson Mayor, City of Carmel One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 Dear Mayor Johnson: ONE CIVIC SQUARE P.O. BOX 1399 CARMEL, INDIANA 46012 WATER UTILITY WASTEWATER UTILITY mi-ms at-Lava OFFICE JUN 2 9 1994 RE: Hamilton Western Utilities Letter Dated June 27, 1994, Regarding My Letter Dated June 13, 1994, Pursuant to Flow Violations une 29, 1994 The letter I sent was with a copy of a Jones & Henry study of flow figures for Hamilton Western's two flow meters for sewage flow to Carmel. Carmel had asked Jones & Henry to review those records as a preliminary task for future negotiations of revised agreements for treating sewage. At our meeting on June 19, I discussed this information and asked if I should send it to Hamilton Western Utilities as preliminary to seeking penalties for their having exceeded their limits. It was agreed to proceed with that information. Mr. Jeffrey Henson expressed his displeasure in: Tone of letter. The letter speaks for itself. 2. Innuendo that Hamilton Western Utilities had exceeded limits. There was no innuendo; the message was clear from the Jones & Henry review that they had exceeded their limits. That Jones & Henry had used the wrong agreement and not the revision for their data. That is not correct; Brian Houghton of Jones & Henry told me he had used the proper revised agreement. 4. That I disseminated information to members of the Westfield Town Council. That is not true. I am not responsible for the information obtained or spread by government officials in the Town of Westfield in this matter. Mayor Ted Johnson Page 2 June 29, 1994 Lack of contacting prior to "publicly spreading" those "false allegations". My first contact was the letter in question that was addressed to Ralph Wilfong, who seemed most appropriate to me. (a) Nothing was "publicly spread" by me as stated above. (b) There are no "false allegations" as far as I know. The information was accurate as collected and assembled by Jones & Henry. 6. Wanting a meeting to discuss "these alleged violations" before "further and more damage is done to Hamilton Western's reputation, based on false information". My letter's only purpose was clearly limited to bringing Hamilton Western Utilities into flow compliance. Mr. Henson's letter was to me inflammatory and accusatory by his use of words and phrases. Very truly yours, tie James G. Dougherty Utilities Manager JGD:pag Enclosures Brian Houghton letter dated June 1, 1994 James G. Dougherty letter dated June 13, 1994 Jeff Henson letter dated June 27, 1994 cc: Brian Houghton Keith Gambrel Gordon Byers