storm water

'That's what keeps me up at night': Director of Public Works explains need for water/sewer rate hike in Quincy

March 11, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Jeffrey Conte can’t forget May 2, 2019, when he received an early-morning phone call. “We’ve got a problem,” Conte remembers hearing. Conte, the director of public works for the City of Quincy, learned a heavy rainstorm that night had led to a break in a storm sewer that runs underneath the water treatment…

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Hannibal may look to voters to fund storm water utility

October 6, 2021 | By Jim Dewey

The question of how to fund Hannibal’s storm water utility returned for a second discussion during Tuesday’s meeting of the Hannibal City Council. The utility is currently unfunded and voters have twice rejected funding proposals. After some discussion between council members, members of the Hannibal Board of Public Works and city staff, council decided to…

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