{"id":3565,"date":"2026-03-22T06:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/galt-aldermen-pass-leak-adjustment-policy-delay-bid-review-kttn\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:54:23","slug":"galt-aldermen-pass-leak-adjustment-policy-delay-bid-review-kttn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/galt-aldermen-pass-leak-adjustment-policy-delay-bid-review-kttn\/","title":{"rendered":"Galt aldermen pass leak adjustment policy, delay bid review &#8211; KTTN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Galt Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance establishing a policy for water and wastewater leak adjustments during its March 16 meeting. Board members also voted to table the review of bids until a future meeting. No additional details were provided regarding those bids.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">City Clerk Mercedes Scobee outlined a training schedule for newly hired city employee Kyle Fordyce, who has been working on filling potholes across city streets.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Scobee also addressed plans for fire hydrant maintenance, which will include pressure washing and repainting hydrants throughout the community.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Maintenance work has been completed on the city\u2019s skid steer, though mechanics raised questions concerning the delivery of certain city equipment.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The city\u2019s booster station start-up was scheduled for March 18 and March 19.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Board members discussed ongoing complaints related to trash service, as well as questions regarding the upcoming municipal election.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Scobee reported that the April election will include a write-in ballot. She previously indicated that two alderman-at-large positions are open and will be filled through write-in candidates.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During the meeting, Board Member Jason Grindstaff requested information on total revenue generated from sales and use taxes since implementation. Scobee reported that, since October, sales tax revenue has reached $1,673.43, while use tax revenue totals $950.79.<\/span><br \/><a href=http:\/\/www.kttn.com>http:\/\/www.kttn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPR2hKU1RBTkpUX1VNVmU0VVZBUmpvYXczbUJ4Z3V4elhfRzVKek9FbVZDRGt2bVo2WWNnbnF4NEZMal9vc3I2SnpzYWNkeVVSaklJaXBER09NWF9TbDRJU3YtOXA0T2hONW1yLTV6dzNweUY4M0hKeXpYUHZUMnUxWEVlUmFTYkU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Galt Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance establishing a policy for water and wastewater leak adjustments during its March 16 meeting. Board members also voted to table the review of bids until a future meeting. No additional details were provided regarding those bids.City Clerk Mercedes Scobee outlined a training schedule for newly hired city [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}