Forwarded from a Fairfield Friend: Dear Friends, Please don't bother phoning either of these numbers just yet. The first one 472-2358 is the water plant. They will just refer you to the Water Department which is the 472-5343 number. If you phone that number today, they will tell you that it's not official until tonight's council meeting, and to call back tomorrow, Tues. Then, after you go sign a paper at the water department, it'll be 4-6 weeks before they'll trade out the RF meter for a fiber optic one. So, phone or go by the water department Tuesday to get your RF meter out without paying any fees.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dick Mays <dickm...@lisco.com> wrote: > From: Einar Olsen <fountains...@gmail.com> > > Friends, > > The very positive news of Fairfield City Council Water and Sewer Committee's > recently announced decision to move away from RF meters in favor of a fiber > optic system deserves sincere and enthusiastic support and appreciation. The > Committee's announcement also included no longer requiring fees to opt out of > RF meters, as well as to refund opt out fees already paid. > > If your home has a Neptune RF water meter, you can easily have it replaced at > no charge with a non-RF meter, just by calling City Hall or the Water > Department 472-2358 or 472-5343 > (http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/index.aspx?nid=202), and also asking them to > credit any opt-out fee you may have already paid. > > It's a great time to offer gratitude to Fairfield City leaders; I hope you > will consider contacting them at this time to express appreciation: > > Water and Sewer Committee Members: > > 1. Daryn Hamilton dham...@yahoo.com (Chair) > 2. Susan Silver silversforcitycoun...@hotmail.com > 3. Tony Hammes thamme...@hotmail.com > > 4. Mayor Ed Malloy mayormal...@fairfieldcityhall.com > 5. Carl Chandler, Water Department Director > (http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/index.aspx?nid=202) > 6. City Administrator Kevin Flanagan 472-6193 > (http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/index.aspx?nid=113) > > Council Members who previously supported no opt-out fee: > > 7. John Revolinski jrevolin...@gmail.com > 8. Connie Boyer bo...@lisco.com > > It would also be very appropriate and constructive to come to the City > Council meeting this Monday, September 24, to express or show appreciation > for this visionary, progressive decision > (http://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=401). Although the > meeting begins at 7 PM, the change in meter topic is listed late on the > agenda, so coming at 7:30 or even later should be fine. > > A more complete report is at the end of this email. > > Arthur Firstenberg, for decades one of the most influential U.S. leaders > favoring the reduction and elimination of EMF/RF radiation, author of > Microwaving Our Planet: The Environmental Impact of the Wireless Revolution, > and organizer of the National Day of Protest against Smart Meters on > Thursday, October 4 in Washington, D.C., called to offer his congratulations, > saying, "You have set a precedent." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Firstenberg > http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/ http://actiondaytostopsmartmeters.org/ > > It's also a good time to thank those who worked with the City of Fairfield > leaders to come to this remarkable decision: the following people all made > major, on-going, time-consuming contributions, listed alphabetically by last > name (It is revealing that all but possibly one of the above people are > frequent TM-Sidha participants in National Super Radiance Group Program, with > fully half on the long IAA program): > > Christopher Bell, J.D. (former MOU faculty, current M.U.M. Sustainable Living > faculty, and our only local certified Bau Biologist) > Susan B. > John Brown > Robert David, M.D. > Simon Davies > Jennifer Diamond > Brian Horsfield > Robert Palma (http://rfreduce.com/resume.htm) > George Reid (years ago, the first to actively and widely caution locally > about EMF and RF radiation, measure many homes, and communicate strongly with > utility companies) > Kathryn Seranduk > Bob Stone > Richard Wolfson (PhD Physics, M.U.M. and MSAE Faculty > https://sites.google.com/site/rwolfson108/home) > > The following also made significant to very significant contributions to this > project: > > His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who was very concerned about electrosmog, > wrote and spoke against VLF and ELF radiation, asked for the cessation of > cell phone use, and took extended and vigorous measures to reduce and > eliminate EMF/RF radiation from his home and headquarters of the Global > Country of World Peace in Vlodrop, Holland. > > Also listed alphabetically by last name: > > All Who Came to Council Meetings, Contacted City Officials, Sent Emails, and > Sent Letters to Local Publications > John Andrews > Lisa Ashelman > Steve Briggs > Marty Brodeur > Arthur Firstenberg (cf. above for websites) > Bill Goldstein, J.D. > Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy (of Queens College, London, one of the leading > researchers in the world for many years on the effect of EMF/RF on human > physiology) > Dr. Geoffrey Golner (deceased, former M.U.M. faculty, one of the first in the > world to raise awareness of what is now called Stetzer > radiation, and pioneer, with David Stetzer, > of the first devices to measure and reduce this form of radiation) > Guy Harvey > Members of the Iowa Jural Society > Dr. Bob Klauber > Sherry Levesque > Thomas Linzey (http://celdf.org/) > Rich Mettenberg (member of Purusha) > Bob Rabinoff > Mark Roberts > Diane Rosenberg (Director, JFAN, and organizer of the annual JFAN meeting at > the Sondheim, also on Wednesday, October 3, with nationally well-known Jim > Hightower) > Fred Rosenberg > Dr. Steven and Reefka Schneider > > * > Water & Sewer Committee to Recommend Suspension of Meter Opt-Out Program > > Next Monday evening (Sept. 24, 7 PM) the Fairfield City Council’s Water and > Sewer Committee will make a recommendation to the full City Council to scrap > the opt-out program for those wishing to switch from a radio read (RF) water > meter back to a traditional touchpad water meter. > > If the item is passed by the Council as it stands, all fees charged to those > who opted out would be credited back to them— any individuals who wish to > have a touchpad meter, instead of an RF meter, could contact Fairfield’s > Water Department and the service would be performed free of charge. > > This decision for recommendation was reached by the Water & Sewer Utilities > Committee under initial recommendation from City Water Superintendent Carl > Chandler. > > Fiber Optic > > The decision comes as the City strives towards an even more advanced > technology in the form of fiber optic read meters, which are read remotely. > Barring any network outage, the fiber optic service would negate the need for > meter readers (although reading the touchpad meters manually would be the > back-up plan in the case of any network failure). City Administrator Kevin > Flanagan indicates that the process of instituting the fiber optic system is > in its infancy and realization of it could be 3 to 4 years down the road. The > City of Fairfield is also in tentative talks with two corporate partners, > namely: Alliant Energy, the electric utility, and Lisco, the provider of the > fiber. Both companies could assist in the institution of the fiber optic > program. Flanagan also said there is a lot of federal grant money available > for fiber optic technology, a technology which he describes as ‘futuristic > and revolutionary’. It’s important to note that while Lisco is the provider > of the fiber, households do not have to be Lisco customers to receive the > service of having their meters read fiber optically. > > Jai Guru Dev, > > Einar > > > > -- > Dr. Einar Olsen > Fairfield, IA 52556 > 641-469-5659 >
