Contentious Curb Stop Repair

This story not posted online with The Citizen so we created a separate page for it. 
First, the Centerville City Council told the homeowner tough luck.  Then it offered to pay half.  Eventually, Council knuckled under and agreed to pay for the entire repair of a broken curb stop and associated expenses at its April 13 meeting.
As council members mulled changing the code or adding a small fee to utility bills to help homeowners pay for curb stop repairs, it came to light that the city had already paid a broken curb stop repair bill for another homeowner this winter.
"It's the same situation.  We've got to pay this one," Council member D. Love said.  "we had rules in place and we didn't follow the rules."
The city voted to pay up to $10,000 in costs associated with the curb stop failure and driveway repair.
Story by Loretta Harding
The Citizen
4/28/2001 Link Entire Story Here