Durham City Council: Insurance and water discussed at meeting
Contributing writer
If a short city council meeting means few city problems, Durham must be nearly problem-free. The city council meeting May 2 lasted little more than half an hour.
Mayor Glennon Crowther presented material received from Case & Son Insurance in regard to renewing insurance coverage. He had looked it over and found that a grader formerly owned by the city still was listed as property covered under the policy, while the city's tractor was not. He had spoken to someone on the company's staff, and a correction is being made. The premium quoted was $2,708, which may change slightly with the correction.
The mayor reported he and Gary Unruh had picked up loose limbs after recent wind storms and trimmed trees along the streets. He also mentioned no bids have been received for the proposed sidewalk project on the west side of Main Street.
Verlin Sommerfeld reported 450,050 gallons of water pumped in April with the pumps at the lift station running 32.5 hours. A comparison with the gallons shown on meters showed a 23.25 percent loss, but a major leak had been found and repaired.
"A lot of the loss would have been that leak," said Crowther. "Water was coming out of there at a great rate."
"Yes," Sommerfeld said, "and we increased the water level in the tower. That would have used some water."
Therefore the figures for loss of water look better than they had the previous month or two.
Bills approved for payment included $26.99 for a tree-trimming saw, $345 to Stutzman Refuse Disposal for the Dumpster used for clean-up days, $250 to Jim's Plumbing for repairing the water leak, and $292 to Kansas Department of Health and Environment for testing.
