Sewer survey this weekend

This weekend, the city is having folks go around the city and conduct a survey on the sewer system. The info gathered will help us in our application for a Community Block Development Grant. If we can get the grant, it will help cut down on the money paid for out of the pockets of the taxpayers and sewer users in the city.

What will help us get the grant? Having low incomes.

One of the questions asked will involve family income. The survey is anonymous and won't be cross checked with anything. If the responses from the citizens are low, we have a better chance of getting the grant.

In the past, the reported incomes from Roland have been too high, and we have missed out on grants.

This is one of the problems of living in a town with a young population. Our incomes tend to be higher, though that doesn't necessarily mean we are wealthier. Some old widow with a quarter section of farm land may have an income of 35,000, but be worth 2 million dollars. And we may have a young family with a $110,000 family income, but have a net worth of $50,000. And these grants are based on reported income, and not net worth.

So again, it really will help us get the grant if you get surveyed, if you answer the questions. And hopefully the numbers reported are lower this time than the last time the city was surveyed.

HERE is more info on the questions to be asked.