By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
At the March 10 meeting of the Panora City Council, the councilmembers voted to approve the utility rate changes recommended by Susanne Gerlach (Public Financial Management) during her presentation to the council at the Feb. 24 meeting. The increases will be 5% each on water and sewer rates.
The council also considered the situation brought up by citizen Josh Calmer during the Feb. 24 meeting. At that time, he described the charges he incurred due to a sewer line that was blocked when work was done by Accu-Jet. Mayor Curt Thornberry repeated his Feb. 24 statement that he agrees Calmer should not be liable for the charges.
“It turns out it was an issue with lining done by Accu-Jet, and it basically just went over his access, so he really had no control over that,” Thornberry said.The council voted unanimously to not hold Calmer liable for the bill, which was nearly $7,000. The city will address the issue with Accu-Jet.
“We can go after Accu-Jet civilly, and we may do so,” City Administrator Lisa Grossman said.
The next regular meeting of the council will be Monday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome. Interested persons may attend in person or electronically by visiting the website https://meet.goto.com/cityofpanora or by phone 1-312-757-3121 (Access Code 295-099-701, Audio PIN 220#).