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Giles County council approves rate adjustments, purchases and grant applications
Summary
At a regular Giles County meeting, the governing body approved a package of routine actions including gas‑rate and sanitation rate adjustments (first readings where noted), a $5,000 contribution to the public library, a $16,003.47 deductive WWTP change order, purchase authorization for 23 fire pagers, and adoption of property‑maintenance procedures.
Giles County leaders moved through a swath of routine business and approved several budgetary, procurement and policy items at their meeting.
The meeting approved a resolution updating natural gas charges and took first readings or votes on multiple utility and sanitation rate changes intended to align operations with recent cost increases. Worsham, a council speaker, told the body the gas change "will move us from 95 CCF to $1.15 per CCF," describing the action as a catch‑up measure after rising transport and commodity costs. The council also approved a first reading to raise residential curbside pickup from $14.95 to $17.95 beginning in the…
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