March 21 Council meeting

Knocked out a few items, and heard about some others at this meeting. Heard that CCS has been having a lot of trouble with internet service in Roland lately. Apparently they have some noise on the line, or something like that. Really playing havoc with those who have that service in Roland--City Hall does, so they have had some issues working as effectively as they could.

On Sunday Morning, April 1 (no foolin'!), the fire department will be burning down a building on the Co-Op property, starting at about 8AM. See my post below on that topic.

The council did final approval on a sewer rate increase effective July 1. The council also did an approval on employee raises of 2%, effective July 1.

As noted in the special meeting earlier in the week, the council is going forth with a sump pump inspection plan. All places with sewer service will be inspected to make sure sump water is not going into the sanitary sewer system-in an attempt to lighten the load the sewer plant has to deal with. All properties must be up to code by June 1, 2013. More details to come on that.

The council also gave the OK on moving forward on selling city owned land-the vacant lot just north of the car wash. A contractor is interested in constructing duplexes there. It is the same person who built the duplexes on the vacant lot on South Cottonwood, and the ones on South Main Street. There will have to be a zoning change tho. Currently it is commercial or industrial (I don't remember which one). It will need to be R-2 (Residential 2). Planning and Zoning gave an initial OK. Shouldn't be an issue with spot zoning, as the new will be the same as across the street, so we will still have a contiguous use. Still needs the formal process tho, if any citizens have a concern.