Halstead residents can expect their next natural gas bill to be a big one, anywhere from $500 to $2,500, depending on how much gas they consumed during February. The city is asking residents to pay that amount in full if they can, but if they can’t, the city will help them create a payment plan for up to 48 months. “There’s going to be some people that aren’t going to be able to pay that balance quickly,” Mayor Dennis Travis said during Monday night’s city council meeting. “But there’s other people that, even if they can’t pay it this month, over the course of the next four, five or six months, they will have it paid off, which is greatly going to reduce our term on the $2 million we’re borrowing from the state.”
Source: Harvey County Now

The city pool will have “three and a half” slides. City engineer Suzanne Loomis presented the city commission with an update and designs for the city pool at its Tuesday meeting. The $2.14 million project to be built by Dondlinger Construction includes a tall “run out slide” which allows users to slide down a long slide to hit into a water trough. “I’m super excited about this,” Loomis said. The second slide would be the rehabbed large slide from the past pool. The third slide would be a family slide. The “half” slide would be a short slide for toddlers. Loomis said the project is slightly behind schedule due to weather delays. She expected it to be open somewhere in July. The project also has a climbing wall over a deep section of pool, spray pad, dumping buckets and a lazy river.
Source: Harvey County Now