AUGUST Jell, 1M
CHIGA
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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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