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Yeiser elected new WMU chairman

October 10, 2008|Mike Wynn

The Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission on Thursday elected long-time commissioner Gerry Yeiser to serve as commission chairman, following the recent request by Dexter Noble not to be reappointed to the seat.

Yeiser, a commercial property manager and real estate appraiser, has served on the commission for more that 13 years. He is also co-owner of the Yeiser Industrial Park.

"I will do my best to live up to the confidence and pressure you put on me and continue the good job that Mr. Noble had been doing for the last several years," he told the commission.

Noble served as chairman for eight years, but he submitted a letter to Mayor Ed Burtner last month stating that he would not accept reappointment for another term, due to the "demand for time in his personal interests and business."

Also elected Thursday were Doug Oliver to serve as vice chairman, Margaret Seals to serve as secretary, and Hap Cox to serve as treasurer. The commissioner welcomed new commission member, Mike Anderson.

In other business,

- WMU General Manager Vernon Azevedo reported that a funding application for the Lower Howards Creek sanitary sewer improvements project was submitted Oct. 3 to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. WMU is ranked first in the state wastewater funding priorities, he said. Officials are applying for up to $36 million to help resolve wastewater overflows in the Lower Howards Creek watershed as mandated in WMU's consent decree with the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

- The commission increased the charge for insufficient checks from $25 to $35 in an effort to recoup the transaction costs of dealing with the checks.

- The commission voted in favor of a new company policy to help protect sensitive customer information and detect and prevent identity theft.

Contact Mike Wynn at mwynn@winchestersun.com

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