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Martins Ferry council adopts ordinance imposing fee for unmetered water loss
Summary
Martins Ferry City Council passed an ordinance establishing a fee for unmetered water loss after suspending rules to read the measure. The action follows recent water-plant outages and public complaints about repeated water breaks and service interruptions.
Martins Ferry City Council at its meeting adopted an ordinance to levy a fee for unmetered water loss, voting to suspend the rules to allow immediate reading and passage.
The measure was introduced and put forward for immediate consideration by Council Member Schramm, with a subsequent motion to pass made by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member Eshman. Council took a roll-call vote and the ordinance was approved as read; an ordinance number was not…
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