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Caseville council raises water rate for Pigeon, Caseville Township and approves filter purchase
Summary
On Sept. 22 the Caseville City Council approved a $1-per-1,000-gallon increase for the Village of Pigeon and Caseville Township (setting the rate at $10 per 1,000), effective July 1, 2025 and approved buying water-treatment filter modules for up to $43,000. Both measures passed 5-0.
The Caseville City Council voted Sept. 22 to increase the 2025 water rate by $1.00 per 1,000 gallons for the Village of Pigeon and Caseville Township and to purchase replacement filter modules for the city water plant.
The council adopted Resolution No. 2025-51, setting the water rate at $10.00 per 1,000 gallons for those two outside customers. The increase is effective July 1, 2025 and will be reflected on the Oct. 1, 2025 billing cycle, City Manager Jamie Learman said. The resolution passed on a 5-0 roll-call vote; Councilmember John Tait moved and Jerald Ignash seconded.
"It is only for them," City Manager Jamie Learman said when asked whether the rate change applied beyond Caseville Township and the Village of Pigeon. Learman also explained the council’s approach to calendar-year billing when residents questioned applying the increase beginning in July: "We try to get the rate as close to actual as possible for the calendar year."
On a separate motion the council approved Resolution No. 2025-50 to buy a set of filter modules from Filmtec Corporation for the water plant at a cost not to exceed $43,000. The measure passed 5-0; Darin Sprague moved and John Tait seconded.
DPW Supervisor Troy Hartz said the filters slated for replacement had been "acting up," and that purchasing the modules through Filmtec saved about $5,000 compared with the supplier's previous price. Councilmembers also discussed installing a new valve at the plant to improve flushing; Hartz said the department plans to install one.
In other business City Manager Jamie Learman said grants will fund new Americans with Disabilities Act–compliant doors at City Hall and the fire hall, and that health insurance costs are projected to rise about 12% on Jan. 1. Learman said the council may call another special meeting after the Department of Natural Resources approves bids for concrete work.
The meeting opened at 8:00 a.m. with Mayor Pro Tem Kenneth Rathje presiding and six council members present; it adjourned at 8:15 a.m.
Votes and formal motions approved at the special meeting included setting the agenda, the two resolutions on filters and water rates, and the motion to adjourn, each carried by a 5-0 recorded vote.
