Next week will provide an interesting hearing on Councilman Bill Greenlee's bill to prevent the Water Department from shutting people's water off on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or the day before a holiday. Greenlee said he's heard too many stories of people getting their water getting shut off on Friday and they can't reach someone to turn it back on until Monday, or even Tuesday in case of a holiday. We'll see what the Water Deptartment has to say on what this does to their enforcement program. Greenlee's bill is before the Finance Committee, 3 p.m. on Feb. 20 in Council Chambers.
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