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Sewer blockage cost city approximately $936 in overtime and Jetter charges
Summary
Public Works reported a four-hour sewer blockage response that cost about $456 in overtime and $480 for Jetter truck charges; the crew found a shoe and shop towels and missing clean-out caps.
Public Works Superintendent Guhner Kepler told the council that a sewer blockage required the city crew to work about four hours from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., incurring roughly $456 in overtime pay and $480 for the Jetter truck. The crew found a tennis shoe and blue shop towels in the line and reported that clean-out caps in the area were missing.
Kepler provided the operational detail to explain the overtime expense and equipment charge; council did not take separate action on the matter at the meeting.
