From JoplinGlobe.com
February 02, 2010 09:22 pm
Duenweg voters have approved a $6 million bond issue to build a wastewater treatment plant. County Clerk Bonnie Earl said there were 112 votes in favor and 29 votes against the proposal.
Mayor Russell Olds said city leaders did not do an engineering or rate study to determine how much rate-payers would have to be billed to pay for the project because a study would have cost up to $100,000. Instead, city leaders wanted to know whether voters would support the project going forward before determining the exact cost.
The mayor said he told residents that based on initial discussions with the city’s engineering firm, the cost would likely be about the same as residents are paying the city of Joplin, which currently operates a wastewater treatment system.
Voters said they were concerned about the city of Joplin imposing a 30 percent surcharge on out-of-city users and they wanted to provide more of their services to be prepared for future growth of the town.
Quite a showing of support for a project that all residents knew was in the best interest of their city. Good job, Duenweg!
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