Power surge
City electric rates are likely to increase
Managing editor
Even though a contract is months away from being finalized, Marion City Administrator David Mayfield advised the City Council Monday that a 1-cent per kilowatt hour increase probably will be proposed by Westar Energy when the city negotiates a new contract in the new year.
“It’s a pretty good chunk of change,” Mayfield said.
He said the city needed to wait until about six months before the contract was due to negotiate.
The city is also waiting for acceptance into the Kansas Power Pool. The group is supposed to meet this fall, Mayfield said, and accept the city’s membership. The power pool will assist the city with the electrical contract, trying to get the city the best possible deal.
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
The independent investors group Marion Economic Development, Inc. is willing to help fund directional signs. USD 408 also will help pay sign costs.
The city was asked and agreed to pay for posts and erect the signs.
The cost is $33 per 10-by-36-inch sign plus posts and labor.
Signs will include directions to schools, sports facilities, hospital, performing arts center, Central Park, police department, city hall and courthouse, airport, and downtown district.
There are no signs in town that assist visitors in finding facilities.
Other signs will be added in the future.