Last month, Fink was upset at a local utility company's construction crew for damage it inflicted on a city street that had just been paved and was irate over how contractors had left it in disrepair.
Mayor Serafino Nolletti admitted he and Partlow had a long and drawn out meeting with representatives from the gas company about the issue and that they didn't make much headway.
Partlow said representatives from the Mountaineer Gas Company came to Logan but refused to accept blame for damage done on the newly paved street by contractors working on a gas line. The contractors apparently did not want to repave the street either, but at one point the gas company offered to fix a 24 inch wide section of the street.
"They don't want to pay $25,000 to repair that street," Partlow said, and asked the council for further instructions on the matter.
Councilman Fink, who has went nose to nose and toe to toe with other power brokers like the railroad in recent years was livid.
"You want my opinion, reject their offer until the street is fixed," Fink said. "We need to take whatever steps that need to be taken to get it fixed back the way it was."
Councilman Don Browning agreed with Councilman Fink, noting that the city had just paved the street shortly before the contractors tore it up.
"It is definitely not like it was before they started," Browning said.
Partlow said the contractors and gas company would claim the damages to the newly paved street were caused by liquefaction, not them.
Fink pointed out that Mayor Nolletti had begged the gas company to do their project before the city paved the street in October.
"They waited six months and tore the street up," Fink said.
"That was brand new paving," Browning said of the street, which got torn up in March.
Partlow said he would contact the gas company again and try to speak with a higher authority.
In other city news:
• The city council approved writing off over $20,000 in uncollected sanitation and municipal fire fees.
City Accountant Jeff Valet said many of the fees were from businesses that went bankrupt or former residents who had moved out of town owing money. Amounts written off ranged from $26 to $1,636.40. Some 35 of the 91 debts were under $100.
• City approved adoption of Appendix G for the building code. Inspector Ray Perry said it went along with flood plain programs in restricting construction of new structures in a flood zone.
• The city approved payment of $67,000 in bills.
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