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GCMU manager updates council on phone switch, cable equipment and potential lot sale
Summary
Jeff Carson, manager of Grundy Center Municipal Utilities, briefed the council May 5 on a phone system provider change, Cedar Falls Utilities' cable-equipment upgrades, interest from Heart of Iowa in a city lot, a planned GCMU building remodel, seasonal rehiring, and monitoring costs for burying electrical and fiber lines.
Mayor Paul Eberline acknowledged Jeff Carson, GCMU Manager, who provided the annual department update to the council on May 5. Carson reported the utility is switching telephone providers to offer new business functions and said Cedar Falls Utilities is updating cable television equipment that "will allow our customers assess to channel we have lost over the years." He said GCMU is in discussions with Heart of Iowa about purchasing a city lot, that a GCMU building remodeling project is planned, and that the utility rehired an employee for the summer season.
Carson also said the utility is "waiting on costs to come down on burying electrical and fiber lines throughout the city limits." Mayor Eberline later addressed inaccurate reports circulating in the community, saying Heart of Iowa "reached out to the city representatives with interest in coming to our community, not vice versa." No formal action or contracts related to these items are recorded in the minutes.
