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Meservey council adopts Ordinance Amendment 2026-01 updating water rates after public hearing
Summary
The Meservey City Council adopted Ordinance Amendment 2026-01 on March 9, 2026, updating water rates after a public hearing that drew no comments; the council approved waiving the third reading and authorized related pay applications for the new well project.
The Meservey City Council on March 9 adopted Ordinance Amendment 2026-01, which amends the city’s water rates, following a public hearing that drew no public comment. Pat White moved to approve the ordinance; Cyneva Myers seconded and the council approved the ordinance unanimously on a roll call vote. The council then approved a motion by Myers, seconded by Jennifer Burke, to waive the ordinance’s third reading.
The public hearing was opened and closed by Mayor Richard Miller with no speakers registered, and the council took final action the same evening. The meeting record does not include the specific rate schedule or dollar amounts changed under Ordinance 2026-01; those details were not specified in the transcript and are not described here.
The council also authorized payments tied to the city’s water improvement work during the same meeting. The council approved Cahoy Pump Service Pay Application #5 for $26,678.14 as part of the SEH new well project and authorized a smaller final pay application to Dakota Supply of $365.75. Those payments were moved and approved as part of routine project accounting.
Why it matters: decisions to change water rates affect customers’ monthly bills and the funding available for water-system maintenance and projects. The council’s concurrent approvals of contractor pay applications indicate the city is advancing its new well work, which the minutes show is funded in part by a CDBG grant recorded in February receipts.
The council adjourned after completing the agenda. The record notes a tax-levy public hearing and special meeting on March 30, 2026, and the next regular council meeting scheduled for April 13, 2026.
