Council OKs auto hike on its utilities

Approves fence and cameras for dumpster

On its second reading, an ordinance setting water and waste water rates that includes an annual 3 percent increase to cover the cost of inflation, carried on a 4-2 vote Monday by the Flomaton Town Council.

A second reading was required due to the first reading not receiving unanimous support. Council Members Buster Crapps and Lillian Dean had objected to the automatic 3 percent increase.

In Monday night's vote, Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., and Council Members Roger Adkinson, Jim Johnson and Charlie Reardon voted yes. Crapps and Dean voted no.

Dumpster

The council also moved forward with its plan...