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(PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF SALINE)
Residents are being asked to limit outdoor water usage and irrigation system use starting Wednesday, June 7, 2023, and ending Friday, June 23, 2023.
The short-term restrictions are in response to an unprecedented stretch of dry weather and extremely high system wide demand. Effective June 7, 2023:
These restrictions will remain in place until June 23, 2023.
“We hope that our residents will be good stewards of our natural resources and restrict their usage by changing habits to help conserve water during this unusually dry season,” said City Manager Colleen O’Toole.
Regardless of address, it is strongly recommended that any irrigation or outdoor watering be scheduled to occur during off-peak hours, which are between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily. Irrigation systems specifically can be set to exclusively come on during off-peak hours. Reducing or eliminating irrigation and outdoor usage is an effective way to ensure that users elsewhere in the system do not experience service disruptions, such as low pressure or flows, and helps contribute to overall water clarity goals.
Several other area communities have similar irrigation restrictions to actively limit usage in response to dry weather or peak season demand. While the current restrictions are temporary, the City of Saline will continue to evaluate if more permanent regulations are necessary to ensure the resiliency of water utility systems in response to changing weather trends.
For additional information, please visit the City of Saline website, a notice on the front page will lead you to additional information about water conservation. If you have any questions about irrigation restrictions, please contact the Director of Public Works, Larry Sirls, at lsirls@cityofsaline.org
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No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,