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Resident urges answers on Murphy’s water base rate and $5M loop project
Summary
At public comment, resident May Little asked why Murphy has "the highest water base rate in the area," requested responses to repeated questions and sought details on funding, easements and reliability for a referenced $5 million loop project.
A resident who identified herself as May Little used the meeting’s public comment period to press the council for answers about municipal water rates and a $5,000,000 loop project. She said she has posed the same questions at previous meetings and has emailed council members but had not yet received responses.
May Little asked multiple specific questions: "Why does Murphy have the highest water base rate in the area?" she asked, and she sought details about how the loop project would be funded, how it would improve reliability (an element she described as eliminating flushing at 24 of 55 dead ends), whether automatic flushers had been considered, and why property owners who would benefit were refusing to grant easements. The council did not provide immediate detailed answers during the public comment exchange; staff and council follow‑up was requested.
