The city of Halstead plans to take advantage of state loan to help pay its exorbitant gas bill from February. This would mean that residents can expect to have a monthly surcharge added to their bill for the coming years but not worry about paying a bill for $1,000 come April. At a work session Thursday evening, City Manager Ethan Reimer told the governing body that the state legislature had just made $100 million in state idle funds available to loan to cities like Halstead that are facing extraordinary bills relating to the energy crisis two weeks ago. The city expects its February bill to spike from $100,000 to more than $2 million, but it hasn’t received the final amount yet. Estimated price points also showed that a resident who normally paid $75 for gas in February would have received a bill for nearly $1,000, Reimer said.
Source: Harvey County Now
