MINER BOARD HEARS BOND ISSUE OUTLINE

MINER -- Aldermen have voted to hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday on a proposed bond election to improve the city's water facilities. The cost of a water treatment facility was estimated at $1.5 million.

Ed McLiney of McLiney & Co., a Kansas City firm dealing with investment banking and municipal bonds, will have the proper ordinance at the meeting.

The board is expected to send it before the Nov. 26 deadline so it can be put on the ballot.

McLiney met this week with aldermen about putting a bond issue on the ballot.

McLiney outlined plans for a bond issue election, noting that with the city's financial state, the new facility could be constructed without any rate increase to cover the costs.

The board had reviewed a report by Norman Lambert on the need for expansion of the city's water treatment system. The city's boom in business construction and growth has had a side effect in that the present water treatment plant is near capacity. The facility must run at least 20 hours a day to produce a day's worth of water. Another hotel or large business, Lambert warned, and the plant would be at its maximum capacity.

He suggested a new facility to go hand in hand with a new water tower and a pipe looping project. The present treatment plant cannot be expanded, so construction of a new facility is proposed in the Harrison Street area.

The board also awarded R&K Curtis with a $38,795 water line extension project on Matthews Lane and authorized the police department to buy 10 pairs of special gloves to use in handling suspects. The leather gloves have a special lining to prevent the officer from coming into contact with blood or any other bodily fluid. The gloves cost $20 per pair.