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Decatur City Council approves increased utility bills Decatur Utility customer’s bills will go up beginning in February. Utility increases will start in February 2021 for the city of Decatur By Madison Scarpino | January 19, 2021 at 5:17 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 6:46 PM MORGAN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - Decatur’s City Council passed the access rate increase by a three to one margin. The increased fees will go toward Decatur Utility’s 10-year-plan to fix the city’s sanitary sewer system. The city’s aging infrastructure has led to sewage overflows for years. Bills for the average c...

Decatur City Councilman cleared of election complaint Complaints against Councilman dismissed By Bayne Hughes and WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 15, 2021 at 6:54 AM CST - Updated January 15 at 6:54 AM DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The youngest City Councilman in Decatur history has been cleared of complaints related to his 2020 campaign. According to our news partners at the Decatur Daily, General Counsel Hugh Evans closed his investigation of the complaint against Hunter Pepper this week. The complaint was made by Charles Kirby, the District 4 council incumbent who lost to Pepper in the Aug....

"); The median on the south end of Hudson Memorial bridges will look prettier, and the map of Decatur's police jurisdiction will change. The landscaping project and PJ expansion were among several items approved Monday by City Council during a morning meeting. The council unanimously OK'd agreements with the Alabama Department of Transportation that will allow the city to landscape and maintain the median at the U.S. 31/Sixth Avenue and Alabama 20/Wilson Street intersection. Mayor Tab Bowling said the landscaping plan hasn’t been drawn up so he doesn’t know yet how much improving th...

"); Decatur employees will receive a $400 holiday bonus that will cost the city $200,000, despite one city councilman questioning the wisdom of making the unbudgeted expenditure given the financial uncertainty caused by the pandemic. Hartselle, Moulton and Priceville also plan holiday bonuses, and Athens will give employees additional paid days off. Decatur's City Council approved the $400 bonus for each of the 500 full-time employees at Monday’s meeting with a 4-1 vote. This is in addition to a previously approved $100 benefit employees receive for participating in the health program...

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