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Council asks staff to log long-running discolored-water complaints, follows DNR guidance
Summary
Utility worker James Perry told the Rolfe City Council about recurring discolored-water complaints; the council asked the clerk to log complaints and said the city is following DNR testing and flushing guidance while investigating.
Utility worker James Perry told the Rolfe City Council on May 11 that discolored water has been an ongoing issue in parts of town. Mayor Stephanie Sindt presided over the meeting at the community center, where council members directed Clerk Brandi Henderson to begin logging the names, dates and details of water complaints.
Council members discussed the city's steps to address the issue; the meeting record states the city has approached the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and is following the DNR's testing and flushing recommendations. No vote or formal remedy was adopted at the meeting; the council asked staff to document complaints and continue following the DNR process.
The minutes also record a motion that the council characterized in the transcript as to "keep the water salesman closed this summer," which passed 3–2 (Shimon, Cox, Pratt aye; Jackson and Stewart nay). The transcript does not clarify what the phrase 'water salesman' refers to; the record contains no additional explanation or staff clarification during the meeting.
