July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Early rate hike (12/23/2008)
Dunkirk City Council
By By ROBERT BANSER-
DUNKIRK - A jump in water rates will be coming a month early.
City Clerk-Treasurer Jane Kesler told members of the city council Monday that a change to computer software was completed sooner than expected, allowing a 19 percent rate increase to begin with the January billing cycle.
The 19 percent water rate increase was approved by council members in November
The 19 percent hike means a homeowner with a current water bill of $25 will pay about $29.75.
The rate for the first 100 cubic feet of water in Dunkirk will increase to $8.91 from from $7.49.
On another water department-related matter Judy Garr, the council member in charge of the water department, was given authority to take price quotes on one of the recommendations in the recent engineering report on the city's water system by Schneider Corporation of Indianapolis. This proposal deals with a pre-chlorination process and could improve water quality on a short-term basis, the engineers explained.
City water department superintendent Dace Mumbower voiced some reservations about the idea, but council members agreed to study it further.
Kesler noted Monday that the recent cold spell had revealed that some of the new meter pits installed in the summer during work along Ind. 167 (Main Street) do not have frost caps. City officials will be contacting construction firm representatives to try to get this situation corrected, so that the water meters can function properly in the cold weather.
In other business at Monday night's meeting, council members:
•Heard a report from Tom Johnson, councilman in charge of the park department, that John Hoover, one of the original members of the Dunkirk Park Board, is stepping down and a replacement would need to be appointed. Hoover has served on the board since 2002.
Johnson said the new park board president will be Oma Scruggs. Other officers will include Tony Franklin, vice president, and Tom Brosher, secretary.
•Learned that two new city benches, ordered by the Dunkirk Improvement Committee, had arrived. They feature a decorative emblem of a glass blower. A grant from The Dunkirk Foundation, courtesy of former area resident Don Johnson, paid for the benches. One of them is currently on display in front of city hall.[[In-content Ad]]
City Clerk-Treasurer Jane Kesler told members of the city council Monday that a change to computer software was completed sooner than expected, allowing a 19 percent rate increase to begin with the January billing cycle.
The 19 percent water rate increase was approved by council members in November
The 19 percent hike means a homeowner with a current water bill of $25 will pay about $29.75.
The rate for the first 100 cubic feet of water in Dunkirk will increase to $8.91 from from $7.49.
On another water department-related matter Judy Garr, the council member in charge of the water department, was given authority to take price quotes on one of the recommendations in the recent engineering report on the city's water system by Schneider Corporation of Indianapolis. This proposal deals with a pre-chlorination process and could improve water quality on a short-term basis, the engineers explained.
City water department superintendent Dace Mumbower voiced some reservations about the idea, but council members agreed to study it further.
Kesler noted Monday that the recent cold spell had revealed that some of the new meter pits installed in the summer during work along Ind. 167 (Main Street) do not have frost caps. City officials will be contacting construction firm representatives to try to get this situation corrected, so that the water meters can function properly in the cold weather.
In other business at Monday night's meeting, council members:
•Heard a report from Tom Johnson, councilman in charge of the park department, that John Hoover, one of the original members of the Dunkirk Park Board, is stepping down and a replacement would need to be appointed. Hoover has served on the board since 2002.
Johnson said the new park board president will be Oma Scruggs. Other officers will include Tony Franklin, vice president, and Tom Brosher, secretary.
•Learned that two new city benches, ordered by the Dunkirk Improvement Committee, had arrived. They feature a decorative emblem of a glass blower. A grant from The Dunkirk Foundation, courtesy of former area resident Don Johnson, paid for the benches. One of them is currently on display in front of city hall.[[In-content Ad]]
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