July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Dunkirk council hears complaints (9/27/05)
More residents upset over water service
By By Robert Banser-
DUNKIRK — City officials here are continuing to study possible ways to improve the quality of city drinking water, as even more complaints about rusty water conditions surfaced at Monday night’s council meeting.
Mayor Sam Hubbard said council members are still in the process of reviewing a lengthy report from Commonwealth Engineers Inc., Indianapolis, which suggests proposals to improve the system.
The primary recommendation is to eliminate the current ozone water treatment process in favor of a more traditional approach. Commonwealth engineers feel it will work better with the city’s well water, which has an extremely high iron content.
Hubbard said he expects council members to be prepared to discuss the Commonwealth report at their next meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in city hall.
Meanwhile at Monday night’s meeting, council members received a petition which had been circulated at the Second Chance Bar and Grill, 116 E. Commerce St., asking that the water issue be addressed in earnest.
Signed by about 100 people, the petition states, “What is the matter with our water? We are sick and tired of this nasty, rusty mess you expect us to pay for and drink ... We want something done ... Do something and keep us informed.”
In response Hubbard said, “We have done a lot of work” determining the problems with the present system and ways to fix them. However, he noted that it appears the cure will cost a lot of money. “We are doing something,” he said, although in the eyes of the petition signers it may not be fast enough.
In other business at Monday’s meeting, council members:
•Learned that the Insurance Services Office Inc. of Chicago had once again given the city a Class 5 rating on a scale of 1 to 10 for fire protection insurance purposes. Hubbard explained that the recent ISO evaluation had focused on all aspects of emergency services, especially the fire department as well as city water supply factors in relation to fire fighting, and other factors.
“We’re happy we’re still a Class 5,” Hubbard said, noting that the ISO rating is used by the property/casualty insurance industry throughout the country to assist in setting rates and calculating insurance premiums for residential, commercial and industrial properties.
•Set Halloween trick or treating hours for Monday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m.
•Approved spending $200 as the yearly cost of having a banner for the city of Dunkirk on display in the West Jay Community Center gymnasium.
•Listened to Dunkirk resident Jim Downing comment about what he feels is an increase in the number of pigeons in the city’s downtown area. City officials said the pigeons are attracted to this area because The Andersons grain terminal is so close. Hubbard said city officials would try to come up with some solutions to the current problems.
Downing also criticized the conditions of downtown buildings, which he said are in need of repair.[[In-content Ad]]
Mayor Sam Hubbard said council members are still in the process of reviewing a lengthy report from Commonwealth Engineers Inc., Indianapolis, which suggests proposals to improve the system.
The primary recommendation is to eliminate the current ozone water treatment process in favor of a more traditional approach. Commonwealth engineers feel it will work better with the city’s well water, which has an extremely high iron content.
Hubbard said he expects council members to be prepared to discuss the Commonwealth report at their next meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in city hall.
Meanwhile at Monday night’s meeting, council members received a petition which had been circulated at the Second Chance Bar and Grill, 116 E. Commerce St., asking that the water issue be addressed in earnest.
Signed by about 100 people, the petition states, “What is the matter with our water? We are sick and tired of this nasty, rusty mess you expect us to pay for and drink ... We want something done ... Do something and keep us informed.”
In response Hubbard said, “We have done a lot of work” determining the problems with the present system and ways to fix them. However, he noted that it appears the cure will cost a lot of money. “We are doing something,” he said, although in the eyes of the petition signers it may not be fast enough.
In other business at Monday’s meeting, council members:
•Learned that the Insurance Services Office Inc. of Chicago had once again given the city a Class 5 rating on a scale of 1 to 10 for fire protection insurance purposes. Hubbard explained that the recent ISO evaluation had focused on all aspects of emergency services, especially the fire department as well as city water supply factors in relation to fire fighting, and other factors.
“We’re happy we’re still a Class 5,” Hubbard said, noting that the ISO rating is used by the property/casualty insurance industry throughout the country to assist in setting rates and calculating insurance premiums for residential, commercial and industrial properties.
•Set Halloween trick or treating hours for Monday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m.
•Approved spending $200 as the yearly cost of having a banner for the city of Dunkirk on display in the West Jay Community Center gymnasium.
•Listened to Dunkirk resident Jim Downing comment about what he feels is an increase in the number of pigeons in the city’s downtown area. City officials said the pigeons are attracted to this area because The Andersons grain terminal is so close. Hubbard said city officials would try to come up with some solutions to the current problems.
Downing also criticized the conditions of downtown buildings, which he said are in need of repair.[[In-content Ad]]
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