Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. [43], Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 1990 Page: 3 of 18
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Citizen* Journal, Wednesday Oct. 17, 1980 3A
Linden to get back into water/sewer business
By VALERIE EAVES
Journal Staff Writer
The City of Linden is looking for a
few good men. Two to be exact.
Each of them must have class C
water and class C wastewater
licenses from the State of Texas.
Last Tuesday the Linden City
Council voted not to renew the
water and sewer contract with Larry
Dorman Inc., saying the city could
do the job for less money. Now the
city has to find two certified
operators to run the department.
"I don't believe it would cost that
much (to operate the department
ourselves)," said Councilman Milton
O'Rear. "I feel we can do it for half
of what we're getting it done for."
The city currently pays Dorman
$78,600 per year to furnish two
operators, workers comp insurance,
liability insurance, tools, equipment
and backup help.
Mayor Robert Deming showed
the councilmen an ad in Texas
Municipal League-magazine for a
city looking for certified operators
with double C (water and was-
tewater) licenses. The town, which
is about the same size as Linden,
was offering a salary of $21,000.
Based on that salary, plus benefits,
insurance and equipment, the
Mayor estimated it would cost ap-
proximately $63,000 for the city to
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run the department.
"I was on the council when we did
this (let the contract)," said Council-
man Man/in Kelly. "I believe the
mayor showed us where we could
save, at that time, about $20,000. I
had no problem saying yes, let's
save the money, because that's
what I'm here for, to save money.
Now we're looking at $15,000, and
that's money."
"I think it's going to be hard to find
two operators who have gone to
school for two years and are going
to be willing to not only do their
water work, but also go out and
patch a street and do some of the
other stuff," said Councilman Terry
Elders. "Times have changed.
We're not living 20 years ago, we're
living in 1990. The state requir-
ments have changed and they're
glutting everything. If you can find
two certified operators to come in
here and work and show us on
paper that we can do it cheaper, I'm
all for it. I wanted to get rid of this
department when I was elected. But
when I sat down and looked at it on
paper and tried to figure it out, there
wasn't any way that we could do it
cheaper in the long run."
"I don't agree with that," said
O'Rear. "If we can't hire anybody,
we can contract it out again.
Nevertheless, I'm for getting it back
into the city to try it. If we can't do it,
we'll just do like (President) Bush
and them and just shut it down."
"If we are going to do that, we're
going to have to hire some
operators and have them working
for about a month with Larry Dor-
man's people so they know the sys-
tem," said Deming. "We have to
have people who know the system.
We can't just start off Jan. 1 with
two new people who don't know the
system."
"I'm looking at saving the tax-
payers money," said Kelly. "If this
thing shows that Dorman can do it
cheaper, I'm with Mr. Dorman, but if
it shows we can save money, I'm for
saving money."
"I think where your difference is
going to come is basically on back-
up service you're getting," Dorman
explained. "When it comes to back
up facilities we've got, people and
equipment, we can keep you going.
Also, by us being here, we've bid all
of your work and done most of it.
We've also bid it cheaper than
anyone else. We saved you
$13,000 on your water plant a year
or so ago and $300,000 on your
sewer plant."
"My opinion is that we have a
very well-run water and sewer sys-
tem," said Deming. "To make a
change to maybe save a few
thousand dollars is going to be a
mistake. I think we're really getting
good service."
O'Rear made a motion to take the
water department back from the
contractor Jan. 1, 1991, Councilman
E.W. Rountree seconded the mo-
tion. The motion carried on a three
to two vote, with Elders and Coun-
cilman Jerry Morphew voting
against the measure.
In other business, the council
amended the city budget and gave
the city police officers each a raise.
Linden resident and businessman
B.B. Shugart addressed the council
about parking around the court-
house square. He said that he owns
a business on the square, but that
his customers cannot park on the
square to do business there be-
cause the people who work on the
square take up all the parking.
Shugart presented the council
with a petition, signed by busines-
speople on the square, to enforce
the two-hour parking law on the
square.
Linden Police Chief Alton
McWaters told the council he had
already assigned a reserve officer
to mark tires and write parking tick-
ets on the square. Parking enforce-
ment is set to begin immediately.
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A Texarkana native, Adams is a
graduate of Liberty-Eylau High
School and earned a bachelor of
science degree in journalism from
East Texas State University. He has
twice served as president of the
Blanchard Kiwanis Club and is a
member of the North Shreveport
Lions Club.
Adams and his late wife, Mary
Bergt Adams, have one daughter.
Ms. Allen, a seven-year employee
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a communications representative in
the company's East Texas Division
in Longview. She moved to
Shreveport in 1985 to serve as
training representative and then as-
sumed local manager duties in Jef-
ferson in 1986.
A native of Diana, Allen attended
high school there and earned a jour-
nalism degree from Texas A&M
University in 1982. While in Atlanta,
she served as vice-president of the
Atlanta Area Chamber of Com-
merce, secretary-treasurer for the
Atlanta Industrial Development
Foundation, and director of club
service for the Atlanta Rotary Club.
She is married to Don Allen of
Douglassville.
Police investigate
two-car accident
Atlanta police investigated a two-
vehicle accident Monday afternoon
on Holly Street. No one was injured,
but damage to the vehicles involved
was heavy.
According to Captain Walter Phil-
lips, a 1971 Buick driven by JoAnn
Tankersley, 51, of Bivins, was
struck from the rear by a 1986 Ford
pickup driven by Juliet Labarre, 58,
of Atlanta. The accident occurred
about 2:20 p.m.
Phillips said that both Tankersley
and Labarre were eastbound on
Holly when Tankersley stopped to
turn left onto Mill Road. No citations
were issued, but Labarre was listed
as causing the accident due to
"driver inattention."
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