Mayor meetings

Been to a couple different things as part of my Mayor duties that are outside of the City of Roland here in the past week.

Today I got to eat lunch and freeze outside the Ames Resource Recovery Plant. They had a little presentation for the folks that use the ARRP. In case you didn't know, our garbage goes to Ames, gets mixed with coal, and makes electricity. Yay. I saw a chart they we provide something like 1.4% of the garbage that goes to that facility. Due to more environmental regs, they may have to do some upgrades, which of course means more cost to the consumer. So I imagine we will see our garbage rates go up.

I also, as mayor, am a member of the Story County 911 board. We had a quick meeting to approve the consultant for the needed 911 equipment upgrade. Some of the radio equipment is getting on the old side, so we are working on getting prices and vendors, and stuff like that. That is paid for out of the 911 fee that is added to your landline and/or cell bill.

I also attending a mock drill at our county Emergency Management Agency. Just kinda went thru what would happen, and in this drill, assuming a bad blizzard, loss of power, and a fire. Didn't take long, but good to see what will all happen.