Hi Folks.  Having been the Burgess for about a month now, I want to let you know what has been happening. The next meeting of the Village will be on Monday, June 4, 2012.  The last Monday in May is Memorial Day so the meeting is moved to June.  This meeting will be held at Merryland Park.  I would like to see  a good turnout for this meeting.  I don't have the agenda yet, but the water system will be the main topic.  I hope to have Mike Marschner at the meeting to answer all your questions.  I have a copy of the 60% completed drawing of the system.  It includes 8 inch water mains and 15 fire hydrants, one every 500 feet.  There were some mistakes and Mike is working to correct them.  Every household in Rosemont will be able to hook up to the lines with no tap fee.  Well users will be able to keep their well if they wish, however, if their well goes bad they will most likely have to pay a tap fee to connect.  If a well user wants to connect to the water line, they must do one of two things to the well.  They can grout it shut or they can move the expansion tank outside with an outside spigot.  This could be used to water lawns or wash the car.  Any lines from the house to the meter box that need to be installed or replaced is at the homeowner's expense.  The contractor putting in the lines can quote you a price or you can have any plumber do it.  The planning and the bidding of this job should be complete by the meeting in June, so we should have all the answers by then.  If you have any questions you need answered now, please call me.  The Rosemont picnic will be held June 9 at the Merryland Park pavilion.  I hope you all can come out for some good community fun.    --Tom

Thomas Watson
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