Nevermind this lame attempt at an editorial cartoon. Come to the meeting Thursday night.
Benton has called a special meeting of City Council on Thursday, March 16, to consider a utility rate increase. That is three separate ordinances for increasing the rates for water, wastewater and electric.
The public is invited to join the meeting and bring comments. This meeting will be at Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex, immediately following the Committee Commissions meeting (at 5:00 p.m.) See both meeting agendas below. The address is 114 S. East St, Benton.
City of Benton Commissions Committee Meeting Agenda
Committee Members: Steve Lee, Chair Judd Hart, Frank Baptist, Vice Chair Evelyn Reed, Ann Spencer-Cole, Shane Knight, Jeff Morrow, Bill Donnor, Steve Brown, Jeff Hamm, and Staff Liaison Toby Hirscheider.
- Information from A & P – Purchase of Thomas Property
- Information from PUC – Proposed Utility Rates from Todd Pederson
Scroll down for the special meeting agenda:??
Benton City Council Special Called Meeting Agenda
Speaking about the PUC commission – Council Member Knight
- Ordinance no 57 of 2022 – an ordinance establishing new water rates for the users of the city of Benton and repealing ordinance 36 of 2017, ordinance 71 of 2015 and ordinance 70 of 2021; and for other purposes
- Ordinance no 58 of 2022 – an ordinance establishing new wastewater rates for the users of the city of Benton and repealing prior rate ordinances; and for other purposes
- Ordinance no. 59 of 2022 – an ordinance establishing electrical rates for customers of the city of Benton, Arkansas; repealing electrical rate structures adopted by the city in ordinance no. 23 of 2020 and ordinance 70 of 2021; and for other purposes.
See the list of all the events in Saline County at www.mysaline.com/events