Annexation Policy Forming.

The City Council voted Tuesday evening 7-0 to postpone a vote on the requested annexation of property and a house at 1615 S. Baker. The property is owned by the First Assembly of God Church and is located adjacent to the church. The Public Works Committee has recommended denying the request for annexation unless the church property is also brought into the City according to City Administrator Tom Short.

According to church board member Charles Johnson who spoke to the Council, the congregation voted to sell the property with an estimated value of $75,000 to $80,000, to help finance expansion of the church. He said having access to City utilities was critical to the sale of the property. For the last several years the property has used an extension water line coming off the church water meter.

At one point in time, the City allowed property owners outside City limits to connect to the City water mains. The church had connected to water and waste water lines during that period. That is no longer the policy according to CW&EP General Manager Bob Williams.

The church Board has voted to recommend to the members that the church property also be annexed, Johnson told the Council. If a request for annexation has been recorded at City Hall by the postponed vote on the 14th of August, Johnson was assured that the house annexation request would be approved.

The plan to build a facility to use Butterball waste products and turn it into oil was presented to the City Council Tuesday evenin’. The company says it’ll spend around $13 million with about $4.5 of that comin’ from the EPA.

There for a minute I though I heard the faint echo of 76 Trombones playin’ in the background. Just sounds too good ta really believe I suppose. If it really works, and the guy says they’ve proved it will, it will no doubt stir some interest from folks around the world.

The pitch to the Council was with the idea of some type of street and water/waste water infrastructure assistance from the City. The location is already in the enterprise zone. Might make a good movie.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

Click & Clack
TALK CARS

by Tom & Ray Magliozzi

Dear Tom and Ray:
My 1988 Nissan 200SX gave me quite a scare. I turned the ignition key and it sounded like the motor was already running. I sat there for a minute thinking that I had left my car running. No, I had the keys with me. I turned the key again and it started immediately.

This happened again about a week later to a mechanic when I had my car in the muffler shop. This was three weeks ago and it hasn’t happened since. What could it be? Will this get worse, quit happening or should I get to a repair shop? Lea

TOM: Well, I have good news and bad news, Lea. The good news is that you’re not losing your mind; you had not left your car running when you turned the key.

RAY: The bad news is that after you hear the diagnosis, you’re going to wish you had left the car running.

TOM: You’ve got a bad ring gear on your flywheel, Lea. When you turn the key to start the car, a little gear on the starter meshes with a big gear (the ring gear) on the flywheel. And turning that flywheel is what starts the engine. The problem is that the gear on your flywheel has some broken teeth.

RAY: Has it been eating at my mother’s house lately?

TOM: When you turn off the engine, and the flywheel happens to stop in just the wrong place (where the broken teeth are perfectly lined up with the starter gear), you get that horrible gnashing noise next time you turn the key. And if you’re lucky the gnashing is enough to move the flywheel a couple of degrees; just enough so on the next try, the starter hits some good teeth and the car starts right up.