Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(KNZA)--The Hiawatha City Commission Tuesday evening approved an ordinance establising a new franchise agreement with Rainbow Communications for providing telecommunication services in the city.
The 40-year agreement calls for the company to pay the city 5 percent of gross receipts.
It wll replace the current cable franchise agreement.
With Rainbow's plan to discontinue cable TV service as of June 30, the company proposed the new agreement as a way to offset the local revenue from the cable agreement.
In other business, the Commission approved renewal of the employee health and dental plans with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which call for a 14 percent increase in premiums. The plans are up for renewal April 1.
The Commission approved continuing to pay 100 percent of employee premiums and 74.5 percent of spouse and dependent premiums.
The total cost to the city is estimated at around $340,000, which is under the $352,000 that had been budgeted.
The Commission approved soliciting bids for employee vision insurance.
And Becky Townsend appeared before the Commission to request an extension to clean up her property located at 1010 Pottawatomie Street and bring it into compliance with city code.
The Commission voted to give Townsend a 90-day extension.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Atchison woman pleads to charges in fatal crash
3 arrested in Hiawatha drug bust
Public health advisory issued for two local lakes
Updated: Officer shooter search leads to arrest
Former Kickapoo Tribal Chair pleads to child porn-related charge
Baniewicz on leave at Bishop Miege; investigation launched
Atchison man earns prison from injurious outburst
Falls City man sentenced to prison on multiple charges
State Audit discovers alleged financial misconduct
Death of puppy leads to Atchison arrest
Falls City Council member rescinds resignation
Atchison's Lust found safe following disappearance
Young sex offenders earn sentences in Atchison Co
Candidate list finalized in Brown Co
Woman injured after striking object on Nemaha Co highway
Arrest following search warrant in Mayetta
3 local communities awarded small-town grants
Atchison Co cemetery thefts being investigated
LATEST STORIES
Senator Moran visits two local hospitals
Biking Across Kansas to make two local stops
Seneca City Council approves purchase of robot
Public health advisory issued for two local lakes
Baniewicz on leave at Bishop Miege; investigation launched
Falls City Council member rescinds resignation
Atchison proclamation of Juneteenth made Monday
Death of puppy leads to Atchison arrest
Hiawatha, Ks 66434