AUGUST Jell, 1M
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At the Monday July 30,
nton Harbor City Commis
n meeting tbe commission
was informed th t the city
would be di connecting the
water ervice of customers
with delinquent water bills.
City M nager Steve Man
ning aid the accounts receiv-
ble for water and ewers is
currently at 336,0 . But he
o aid be innin Tu sday, July
31. th Utilit S rvicc
D partrncm ill enfor e ih
hut-off pohc .
an' delinquent ater and
r ill th will hut-
rr until th
hrou ht current.
Commi loner Her hel Mc
K nZI nd Auornc K. Mor
n" Gavin were pp mt d to
on th Uti h t Rate
The cu torners will have to
pay a 10 percent late fee as
welJ a the overdu bill, plus a
50 dcpo it.
Commi ioncr ' Ch ric
Yarbrough aid to hi
nowlcdgc there was no due
date on the water and e er
bill. "We don't cc hen It'
due. There. hould bloc
in h re saying, 'due d t .
pic e pay by this date."
Utility Service Director
P ul Mattausch . aid hen a
cu tomer r ccivcs a bill jth
previou. halance on it. it
n on delinquen
a er bills
sho s tbat they did not pay the
bill the first billing period.
"It's very obvious that without
a due date that it is delin
quent bill."
"We will not hut anybody
off that ha. a bill of 23.90
outstanding, but if another bill
is produced and show a pre
viou balance, it's obvious
delinquent birl." said Mat
tausch.
Manning aid Benton Har
bor received a rate incr a e in
1986 and the cu tomer in
Benton To n hlp received a
rate increa in 1978.
Yarbrough aid the re� on
o the rate tud for rat in
crease i becau e th city i
not rna in enou h money for
the water revic .
"I di cover that we have
water runnin up nd do n
the treet and bro en ater
main. Th r' wher t
e timate reading as before. 0
According to a pres
relea e, Band Z Company, the
City's contractor for the meter
Change-out program bas
reported over 200 code viola
tions to date with only 50 per
cent of th program
completed.
Mattausch 'aid by code the
busines owner or home
owner is suppo e to provide a
valve on both id s of the
meter so the d ad val ue can be
removed. He said t ere is up
po e to b a val u where the
crvic come lOW the hou e
and on the trc 1 'ide there
hould c a alucv so when
omeone ha t c me in and
ervicc the met r th y can ju t
turn off the wat r ri ht there.
Band Z Company give th
re idcnts noti of an po-
iblc code violauons. .a full
de cription of th violation.
The City i a In th 1 the
violation i r paired ith 30
day and the u torner Ser
vice. Divi ion I. notified of
the repair.
The City i °n't charging cu. -
tomers to in�tall the water
meters. hui is a-krn that they
make sure ih t their plumbing
is in working order, Matt u .ch
said.
Matlau. ch said Band Z
Company may install the val
ve • but the ins lallation fcc
would have to be agreed on
between B nd Z and the cu -
tomer,
In other busine tbe com
mi ion voted un nimousl y to
approve:
- . n agreement wi tb
Barger Engineering, lnc., St.
Jo epb, for profe ional En
gineering Service to update
the City'S ba e map. The city
ba e map have not been up
dated since 1974 and .. are an
need of modiflcation.
- An agreement with
Wightman & Associate , Inc.,
of St. Jo eph for Profe ional
Engineering Service for
recon truction of Empire
Continued on P e
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