The Grundy County Commission will hold a mandatory pre-bid meeting for the third-floor courtroom remodel of the courthouse in Trenton. The meeting will be held in the third-floor courtroom the morning of May 29th at 11 o’clock. A scope of work to be completed, regarding carpentry, electrical, and carpet work, will be available at the […]
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Street work tops list of topics at meeting of Gallatin Board of Aldermen
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen accepted a server and installation bid and approved an ordinance regarding electric refinancing at its meeting Monday evening. The accepted server and server installation bid was from Green Hills Communications for $9,750. Harland Technology Services also bid at a price of $13,558.08. The board approved an ordinance authorizing Gallatin to […]
Need help with energy bills? Call Community Action Partnership
The Community Action Partnership of North Central Missouri assists residents with paying their energy bills. Energy Services Representative Kim Brashear says that the winter program will end May 31st. She says the organization can still help residents who have a shutoff notice or have 20% or less in their propane tank. Brashear says the summer […]
Princeton City Council addresses a host of topics at latest meeting
The Princeton City Council has approved an increase in the charge to notify customers to pay their utility bill to avoid a shutoff and the charge to reconnect utilities also is being increased. The charge to prepare and hang door tags stating the bill must be paid to avoid a shutoff is being raised to […]
Gallatin Board of Aldermen work on budget for 2017
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen this week continued work on the city budget for next year. The electric department budget is to include the purchase of a new bucket truck with grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to be included. The board discussed increasing the electric service charge from the current $10 […]
Farmers’ Electric Youth Benefit annual fundraising events net $38,000
The twenty-fourth annual dinner-auction and golf tournament for the Farmers’ Electric Area Youth Benefit Fund raised approximately $38,000 this year. The monies raised included $5,700 from more than 1,000 Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Members who participate in Operation Round Up each month. The main auction raised $11,095. The highest bid item of the evening, the use […]
Trenton Municipal Utilities shows profit in electric, water and waste water departments at end of fiscal year
The Trenton Municipal Utilities electric, water, and waste water departments all had positive net incomes for the fiscal year ending April 30th. The profits, in rounded figures, were 485-thousand dollars for the electric department, 418-thousand dollars in the waste water division, and 245-thousand dollars for the water department. Those figures include revenues, expenses, and depreciation before […]
Trenton firefighters respond to mobile home fire
Fire Friday afternoon at Trenton destroyed a mobile home at 1908 Colt. Nobody was home at the time. The owner of the property was listed as Robert Allen. Trenton Fire Marshall Robert Romesburg said the blaze was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Lieutenant Romesburg reported a faulty meter box caused a short resulting in an […]