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The ordinance will require that each water meter be equipped with one-way valves.
“This is a broad ordinance that has the potential to cause a lot of problems and to cost a lot.” Kramer said. The council made a list of questions for Fisher.
“I’d like to know whether this ordinance was written by Brad or came straight from the state,” said council member Newbill Miller. “If Brad wrote it, maybe we can make some changes.”
The town also plans to ask if small towns are e ‘mpt from the state requirement, if there are state funds available to offset the cost of the meter change, if any of the meters already have the one-way valves, if there is a valve that can be installed in present meters instead of having to buy all new meters and what the costs involved will be.
In other business, the council
• Passed a resolution to waive policies against the extermination of bats in the town.
Diane Bruce, county clerk and town resident, sent the bat resolution to the council because of what she saw as an increasing bat population around the court house and throughout town.
Exterminators can only chase bats away unless regulations protecting bats are waived by local governments, according to the state code. Bruce stated in a letter accompanying the resolution that bats are increasing in number and are raising fears of possible rabies infestation.
• Council member Dorothy Clater proposed a helicopter ordinance that will ban helicopter landings in town or their flight within 300 feet above the town. Violators will be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a $1,000 fine and not more than 30 days in jail. People who allow their land to be used for helicopter landings could also be fined.
A public hearing on the ordinance will be held at the council's September meeting.
Page Valley
Fair closes
The Page Valley Fair concludes Saturday with a demolition derby and demonstration of three-wheelers.
Today is 4-H day, when all school children will be admitted free and a one-time $5 fee covers tickets to all the rides until they close that night.
The demolition derby is set for 7 p.m. and three-wheelers will compete on Saturday, the final night of the fair.
More information about the schedule or entering any of the open events may be obtained by calling Sam Griffith, Jr., at 743-3070.
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