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Hartshorne church representatives urge council to spare small congregations and elderly from higher utility and trash rates
Summary
Representatives of Hartshorne Christian Church told the authority that a small congregation and elderly residents cannot absorb higher water, sewer and trash rates and asked the board to consider relief or exemptions.
Char Bell and Destiny Voegele, representing Hartshorne Christian Church, addressed the authority during correspondence to urge the council to reconsider proposed increases for water, sewer and trash services. "Small Church with no money," one speaker said, and both warned that higher rates would disproportionately affect elderly residents and small congregations that operate on limited budgets.
Council members did not take immediate action on the request at the Oct. 1 meeting; the item was heard as correspondence. The remarks were entered into the record for council consideration and did not include a formal proposal from staff or a motion to change rates at this meeting.
