Robbinsville – The first regularly-scheduled meeting of the new Town of Robbinsville Board of Aldermen was an eventful one.
The main topic of discussion was the existing leak-credit policy. Both commercial and residential customers are eligible to receive two within a 12-month period, but the board voted 3-0 to abolish the policy used to formulate the credit itself.
Now, customers will simply be dropped to their respective base rate – rather than the former initiative, which calculated a leak credit based off the last 12 months of billing for the customer's account.
Other news & notes
* The board discussed several items, but were hesitant to make motions on certain topics until the town hires a new attorney. Vicki Teem is no longer representing the Town of Robbinsville as its legal counsel. One of the sticking points was a contract entered in by the municipality to have a website managed by an unnamed third-party vendor in Spring 2024. To date, the site has not been launched.
Mayor Shaun Adams presented a quote from local technician Abraham Husmillo with Computer Solutions, in which Husmillo pitched his services to the town on an annual basis for $3,500. Adams said the current vendor has already been paid $3,000;
* The aldermen were universally frustrated when caught up-to-speed on the amount of sanitation fees being paid to Graham County. The board said it would attend the Dec. 16 commissioner meeting to address the matter, which currently sees the Town of Robbinsville pay between $1,200-$1,500 monthly for providing pick-up services inside city limits and hauling waste to the Graham County Sanitation Center.
"That's not right," said newly-elected aldermen Jacky Ayers. "Let's remedy that. They should reimburse us our money;"
* An update was provided on the exchange of old water meters with new ones ordered by the town, which are more compatible with current billing software. At this juncture, the town is expected to have all old meters replaced with new ones.