âI think everybody thatâs here tonight would like to get to the point to where thereâs a water line in front of your house, thereâs a water meter set off the right away onto your property, and youâve got a service line coming into your house,â said Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley during a community meeting Thursday night in Benton County.
Presley and others discussed how to bring community water to 27 homes surrounding the Benton and Tippah County line west of Falkner. Each home in question has its own well and is not in any community water systemâs territory.
Gavin embraces ambitious projects in mayor seat Vice Mayor Bill Gavin sits in at his makeshift office in City Hall on Friday. Gavin has been filling in for Mayor Robert Smith, who was briefly hospitalized in February and has been out of the office for seven weeks. “(S)ince I’ve been sitting in this position, I’ve taken on more and more responsibilities,” Gavin told The Dispatch last week. “I’ve made decisions, and I think I’ve done a pretty decent job of filling in for the mayor.” Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Every week day by 9 a.m. since Feb. 22, Vice Mayor Bill Gavin has set up shop in the conference room just off Mayor Robert Smith’s office at City Hall downtown.