A raise in the water rates for users of Huntington City water for residents outside of the city limits caused a stir with a couple of families at this months Huntington City Council meeting.
Brent Cook and Sherron Pulli, longtime Emery County residents, live outside of the city limits but use city water and now their monthly water bills are going up $15 per month. They showed up to complain a little but to also explain how much more they already pay over city residents.
Although the City Council voted to raise the rates, they told the users they were being charged the exact same amount by the Castle Valley Special Service District for those very connections.
The City had no choice but to charge the users the raised fee or charge the residents for the additional cost that the CVSSD was going to charge each month. The Council told the non-residents that this was the wrong meeting to complain, they should have gone to the meeting of the CVSSD a couple of months ago.
In other business Councilman Kelly Oveson mentioned that Tom Jensen is now the interim fire chief after the former fire chief resigned. Oveson would like to redo the City ordinance that deals with the fire department before they appoint a permanent chief because he feels the current ordinance is too vague.
A discussion was led by Councilman Joe Ward on the possibility of raising the water and sewer rates for the residents of the City, by a few cents each month. No decision was called for as this was just out there for discussion by the council and the public if they wanted to offer input, none did.
Ward also mentioned the possibility of taking out the row of cedar trees on the north end of the cemetery so that people would have more room to move cars and therefore would quit driving on either the rocks or the graves.
Mayor Lamar Guymon commented on how good the city is looking as he drives the city streets as more and more people are taking care of property that has been neglected for a good amount of time.
Councilperson Gloria Wilson mentioned in this same vein of thought that she took a phone call from a non-resident and that person complemented the city for the look of the City.
Councilman Leonard Norton said the chip and seal project on the eastside of town is basically done with the exception of a punch list that must be completed.
Norton also said the westside storm drain project should be complete in early September. Norton also asked for users of the garbage transfer station by the ball complex to take their dirt straight to the county landfill rather bringing it to the City’s facility.
All city residents are invited to participate in the City’s CERT program, which is a team that will assist in emergencies.
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