Water bill plea falls upon deaf ears
Monday, June 18, 2012 - Posted 10:06:31 PM
The Minonk City Council decided not to take any action on reimbursing Vernon and Betty Barth for high water bills they incurred from watering their lawn that was torn up from the Storm Drainage project last fall. The Barth's made a plea to the Council a month ago after saying they shouldn't have to do the City's work and don't want to pay a $1000 water bill. Mrs. Barth said they would agree to pay the average of their water bills from the previous year if the City would fore-go the excessive water bill. While it appeared their plea fell upon deaf ears, some of the council members stated they haven't been given the Barth's water bills in order to make a decision. However, Mayor Bill Koos said the Barth's water bills were in the council members last packet.
In another water bill related matter, Marsha Anderson told the council that her mother, Clara Arrowsmith of 834 Johnson Street, had an extraordinarily high water bill of $212 last month. She stated her normal water bill is usually $23 a month. To make the case even more bizarre is that last year she had a water bill of $178 for the month of May also. Ms. Anderson said when Minonk Public Works Director Charlie McGuire came to check the water meter, the meter had not changed in the last 4 days prior to his testing. Mayor Bill Koos said the City will check the meter to make sure it is working properly. Ms Anderson said she will be back before the council again if the situation is not rectified.
In other action, the Council approved a motion to purchase two new narrowband siren radios for ESDA. ESDA Chief Tonya Minz said the old siren radios would not work on the the current broadband signal. The estimated cost for the purchase and installation of the radios is $5000.
The Council approved an ordinance which adopted the prevailing wage rates to be to workers performing construction on Minonk city projects.
Mayor Bill Koos welcomed Road Ranger to the city. Road Ranger bought the Shell truck stop at the Caroline Development at the I-39 interchange.
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