What if the city refused the court-ordered water rates?

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a speaker Staff, what penalties would we face in court?

a speaker We've already settled this.

a speaker What would happen?

a speaker The judgment against us was for $120,000,000 We settled for $40,000,000 If we don't move forward that puts the $120,000,000 liability back on the table and the courts could rule in regards to that.

a speaker And that would be a minimum because we would have additional interest and additional penalties on top of that.

a speaker And

a speaker so

a speaker where would that money, that additional $80,000,000 have to come from?

a speaker It would have to come from the water fund and that would mean reductions in services.

a speaker Okay, reduction in services means what?

a speaker I mean if you just look at it in regards to the number of staff that that would equate to, you're talking about having to lay off approximately probably about at minimum 800 staff.