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In a report received yesterday from the PSC, sent to all parties concerned with the recent appeal against the Town of Grantsville’s rate increase request, the WV Public Service Commission stated that the current hold on consideration was continued until May 1, 2024. This was done to allow the Town of Grantsville to make any Read More…
Mayor Robert Petrovsky has scheduled a meeting with WV American Water on Monday, April 29th, 2024 to discuss the possible acquisition of the Grantsville Municipal Water and Sewer System. Within the contentious debate of what should be done with the Grantsville Municipal Water system, the Mt. Zion PSD and the Pleasant Hill PSD, is the Read More…
The Town has made a request to the West Virginia Public Service Commission for a 60% rate increase for both the retail and wholesale rates. The retail rate would apply to the customer’s in Grantsville that buy directly from the City. The wholesale rates would apply to Mt. Zion PSD and Pleasant Hill PSD who Read More…
Calhoun County’s regularly scheduled Commission meeting was held Monday, December 11th, 2023 with Commissioners Craig Arthur and Roger Propst present. Commissioner Kevin Helmick appeared by phone. Under delegation, Ari White, Chairman of the Mt. Zion Public Service District, thanked the commission for the $20,000 to purchase a Ford truck more suitable to the workload required Read More…
Mt. Zion PSD Board members, President Ari White, Treasurer Anita West and Member Robin Hughes held their regular monthly meeting on December 3, 2023. Before the approval of the November meeting minutes, Ari White requested that a correction be made to his statement regarding the West Virginia Department of Highways in Calhoun. In the October Read More…
Mt. Zion PSD Meeting seemed to once again get off to a rocky start as Board member Robin Hughes requested that the minutes from the October meeting, presented by Anita West, Secretary/Treasurer, be changed because it failed to clarify what Mrs. Hughes considered to be a breach of confidentiality within a conversation between PSD Staff Read More…
The Mt. Zion Public Service District board met for their monthly meeting on Monday, October 2nd, 2023 with their newly appointed member Ari White, as well as the remaining board members, Anita West and Robin Hughes. Mr. White came prepared for the meeting with a copy of Roberts Rules of Order, all 816 pages, to Read More…
Correspondence received by Melissa West, Reporter for the Calhoun Chronicle Good afternoon: Please see the following information regarding Mt. Zion PSD.The Mt. Zion Public Service District (PSD) collected bacteriological samples at two separate locations in June. One of those samples collected at the end of a water line indicated the presence of bacteria. Mt. Zion Read More…
The unrecognized and unmonitored power of the WV Department of Health and Human Resources was likely the reason for the recent overhaul within the agency in Charleston. The corrective actions took place due to the overloaded child welfare system, where in January the DHHR had a reported 50 percent increase in abuse and neglect filings Read More…
