(KLZA) -- On the recommendation of the Board of Public Works the Falls City, City Council has approved the expenditure or $181,454 to contract with Wright Tree Service to trim trees and limbs away from power lines in Falls City.
Utility Superintendent Alan Romine explained why the city crew has fallen behind on this task because of the number of projects the past two or three years including new industry and FEMA projects.
Romine said primary lines and high voltage lines in alleys will be trimmed. He noted the line from the transformer to the home is the responsibility of the homeowner to keep trimmed. If homeowners have trees that need trimmed, they can contact the Utility Department, they will drop the lines down while the tree trimming is done and then put them back up.
In other business Monday night Andrea McClintock, Program Director for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Certified Community Program presented the city with a certificate as a Nebraska Department of Economic Development Certified Community. This will be the second time Falls City has been certified. Only 37 communities in the state have attained the certification.
A motion by second ward Council Person Judy Murphy to place STOP signs for north and south traffic at 20th and Stone died for a lack of a second.
Mayor Tim Hersh cast the tie-breaking vote to hold both monthly council meetings at 7 p-m.
Representatives of AIP Global Construction located in Sidney, Iowa presented information on a home packages, in which they build homes on depressed properties they get from communities.
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