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Hiawatha Water & Sewer Rate Studies Approved

By Greg Bebermeyer

12/04/2012

( KNZA )-The Hiawatha City Commission has accepted a proposal from a consulting firm to conduct a water and sewer rate analyses.

The commission Monday evening approved a proposal from Carl Brown Consulting LLC of Jefferson City, Missouri to conduct the studies at a cost of $9,362.

The studies will determine the level of funding needed to adequately cover current operation of the utilities, build and maintain reserves, fund capital improvements and related debt service.

City Administrator Lynne Ladner says she thinks its a good proposal.

Ladner says a loan the city has received from USDA Rural Development for improvement of the city’s sanitary sewer system requires that the city raise sewer rates. Ladner says the last water rate study was conducted in 2007.

Ladner says the studies could be completed by the end of the year.

In a related matter, the commission authorized Mayor Crosby Gernon to sign the final plans prepared by TREKK Design of Kansas City, Missouri for phase one of the city’s sanitary sewer rehabilitation project. The plans will be submitted to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for approval. Once that approval is received, the project will be put out for bid.

The commission also approved an application for a permit from KDHE needed for the project, and authorized Mayor Gernon to sign the application .

The city is under an executive order from KDHE to reduce rain and groundwater from entering the city’s sanitary sewer system.

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