Town Debates Woman’s $3,000 Sewage Bill; Receives Annual Gas System Report

May 20, 2008

For the second meeting the row, the Century Town Council debated a $3,000 bill for sewer service the town says Leola Robinson owes for property she owns on Williams Street.

Councilman Henry Hawkins made a motion to forgive the $3,000 sewer bill at Monday night’s meeting.

Councilwoman Ann Brooks voiced her concern that the sewer ordinance states that, whether or not a citizen is connected to the sewer, they are required to pay the tap fee. If they choose not to connect to the sewer, the town has the right to connect and charge the person.

Hawkins said he was not worried about the sewer tap. Mayor Freddie McCall said that there is a tap at the edge of Mrs. Robinson’s property but that “it is not convenient for them to go through the trees”. McCall said he is willing to move the tap to the end of the driveway to get the issue resolved.

However, after much discussion between Brooks and Hawkins, the matter was again tabled until all documents and facts surrounding the issue could be reviewed.

Also at Monday night’s meeting the Century town council reviewed the town’s annual natural gas system report.

Century’s natural gas system produced a net gain of over $220,000 last year on revenues of $657,640.

“The numbers are compiled from your bills”, Bobby Boyd told the council. Boyd also told the council that the amount of unaccounted for gas during the year amounted to a gain of 1.36%. This is the amount bought vs. the amount sold. “This is very rare for a town”, he said. He also praised the town saying that the two key ingredients for a great gas system is maintanance and correct billing and that Century was doing great in both areas.

Mayor Freddie McCall reported on the following items:

  • all fire extinguishers serviced in October 2007 are up to date and good until October 2008;
  • “No Overnight Parking” signs have arrived and have been installed at the Wayside Park.
  • Contractor Mike Motes will be at City Hall on Wednesday, May 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to talk to anyone interested in housing assistance.
  • at the next council meeting there will be a scoping meeting at 3:00 p.m.; a public workshop at 5:30, followed by the regularly scheduled council meeting at 7:00.

Councilman Gary Riley commended the street department for their work in putting down white markings on the city’s streets. McCall added that the sewer project on Jefferson Circle would need to be held off until school was out due to the problem that would be created by blocking the street to school buses. “We won’t get a lot done until school is out”, he said.

A Vision and Missions statement drafted by Councilman Henry Hawkins was passed out for review. Mr. Hawkins asked the council to look over the statement so that it could be discussed at the next council meeting.

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