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2-Way Radio Troubles Continue; Heim to Appeal to FEMA

By on December 6, 2012
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IT’S A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND LAST(WED) NITE, WEST BURLINGTON FIRE CHIEF MIKE HEIM SAID IT’S TIME TO CALL IN THE FEDS TO GET THE DEPARTMENT’S 2-WAY RADIO PROBLEMS FIXED, ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL.

ON ANOTHER FRONT, THE WEST BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL SET NEXT MONDAY…FROM 4 TO 7 PM…AS A TIME FOR ANYONE WHO’D LIKE TO BID ON WHAT’S LEFT INSIDE THE OLD JUNIOR HIGH BUILDING…TO CHECK IT OUT IN PERSON. THERE’S A WORKING SCOREBOARD IN THE GYM, ALONG WITH SOME BLEACHERS…A FEW DOORS…AND SEVERAL BOOKSHELVES AVAILABLE.

WEST BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STREET LITES OUT…31 AT LAST COUNT…AND THE CITY CAN’T SEEM TO GET ALLIANT ENERGY CREWS TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY MANNER. LUCKILY FOR THEM, ALLIANT “KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER” NANCY SNAADT WAS AT LAST(WED) NITE’S MEETING AND SAID PART OF THE PROBLEM COULD’VE BEEN THE NUMBER OF LOCAL CREWS THAT WERE SENT TO HELP OUT WITH THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE SANDY.  SNAADT ASKED THE CITY TO BE SURE AND NOTIFY THE UTILITY ON-LINE, AS THOSE REQUESTS GO DIRECTLY TO THE WORK CREWS IN THE FIELD.

THE COUNCIL RE-AFFIRMED ITS DECISION OF TWO WEEKS AGO…LAST(WED) NITE…ALLOWING CODY GRAHAM AND HIS FAMILY TO RAISE CHICKENS & GOATS ON THEIR PROPERTY ON THE EDGE OF TOWN. COUNCILMAN ROD CROWNER WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING…AND HE WONDERED WHY NO LIMIT WAS PLACED ON THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ALLOWED AND WHY NO MENTION WAS MADE OF SHEEP;  THE GRAHAMS CHECKED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS BEFORE MAKING THE REQUEST AND NO ONE OBJECTED.

SPEAKING OF WEST BURLINGTON, POLICE CHIEF FRANK NEWBERRY SAYS A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT A TEXT MESSAGE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING, SAYING THEY MAY HAVE WON A 1-THOUSAND DOLLAR GIFT CARD FROM TARGET. THE TEXT IS A SCAM, DESIGNED TO GET PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM THE RECIPIENT.