Council rejects small plumbing reimbursement for TJ’s; larger request tabled for more documentation

Jan 14, 2026

Council voted down a motion to reimburse TJ’s at the Old Forge $775 for certified plumbing invoices and debated a separate $5,000 reimbursement request before asking the owner to produce a timeline, receipts and sales verification and tabling the larger request to a future meeting.

The full story

Arlene, who identified herself as the owner/operator of TJ’s at the Old Forge, asked the council to reimburse two certified plumbing invoices and requested compensation for lost daily sales tied to repeated sewer backups. Councilors and staff described a long-running series of calls and intermittent overflows from November through early January and differing accounts on whether problems were on the business side or the city side.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in