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No surprise, utility rates will go up |
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
To the surprise of no one, on a 4-0 vote by the city council, utility rates were bumped up and will be reflected on this month’s bill.
A final public hearing was held at 8 p.m. to field public comment on the proposed rate hike. With no one showing up to make a comment, the public portion of the meeting was closed and council went back into the regular meeting to take action.
Water rates will go up three percent, sewer rates five percent and solid waste five percent. Alderman Gary Brown made the motion with a second by Wally McHenry.
After the motion passed, Mayor John Shevlin said, “This is the hardest thing I’ve had to do since I became mayor.”
In other business the council passed four building permits. One is at 519 7th Ave. SW for a new residence, one at 315 S. Dakota for a new shop, one at 508 S. Wisconsin for a garage and one for a fence at 300 Front St., which is the depot building.
A Growth Policy Committee was formed to move forward on a grant application, it is comprised of councilwoman Wendy Judisch, Judy Ellis, Karla Breding, Laurie Eisenzimer and Barb Shephard.
Appointments were made to the City Code Committee and they are: Gary Brown, administrative; Mayor Shevlin, boards and commissions; Sandy Syvertson, business regulations; Wally McHenry, building regulations; Chief Kevin Moritz, fire regulations; Chief Gary Dent, police and traffic regulations; Agnes Fowler and Richard Anderson, health and sanitation; Anderson, public ways and property and Judisch, employment.
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