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Bills ||| Comm Building ||| Shelter House ||| Storm Drains ||| Summer ||| Fall ||| Winter ||| Calendar ||| TV ||| Energy Saving ||| TBD
Summer--Grass and Yards
Grass might best be mowed so the clippings are mulched into the yard. This saves gasoline (working to fight global warming), feeds the lawn, etc. For Pete's sake--don't mow so clippings go into the street. More on that later.
Fall (yard waste)
Please don't rake leaves into the street. The storm sewer gets plugged, downstream habitat is damaged, and finally, the Gulf (a thousand miles away) is damaged. The City provides a dumpster for grass in the summer and for leaves in the fall. It is behind the power plant (1st St SW and McCormack Ave).
Storm Drains/Sewer
Storm water and sewer water are handled using two separate systems. Sewage goes to the lagoon system SE of town. Storm water discharges into streams--one east and one west of town. Some older rain gutters and some perimeter foundation drains empty into the sewer system. These need to be changed to drain responsibly. If you are buying an older house, make sure you question the seller.
Some towns place stickers above each storm drain reminding us to keep storm drains for water (only). (See grass and leaves paragraphs for plea-s of care.)
Winter -- Snow
From Nov. 1st to Mar. 30th there is no on-street parking from 2 AM to 6 AM. This is to allow snow plows to clean the streets safely. Sidewalks should be cleared (within 24 hours). Cars have been ticketed for parking overnight; the city has billed homeowners who did not clear their sidewalks.
By the Calendar
Fri: residential garbage pickup; 1st & 3rd Wed: recycle-ables pickup.
Jan:
Feb:
Mar: 2nd Sun.--Daylight Savings Begins
30th--Snow Ordinance lifted
Apr
May
Jun: Late June--Figure 8 Races - every two weeks?? Eight total.
2nd Week--Cobblestone Days Celebration
Jul: Second week--O'Brien County Fair
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov 1st--Snow Ordinance in effect.
1st Sun -- Daylight Savings Ends
Dec: First Saturday--Christmas in Primghar
Electrical Consumption
The City has enrolled several electricity users in Load Management. This helps the city avoid very high costs should consumption exceed the fixed maximum. If you have a high consumption item , e.g., large air conditioner, that could be turned off for reasonable periods during high demand -- please sign up.
Automatic Bank Withdrawals
You can arrange with any bank to make automatic bank withdrawals to pay utility bills. Three payment dates are available, the 3rd,10th or 25th of the month. TCA also offers automatic bank withdrawals on the 15th. Please stop by City Hall for authorization forms
Shelter House/Camping
Reserving the shelter house for your event can be done a year ahead of time. Camping reservations and fees * * * * * *.
Community Building
The Community Building is administered by its Board. Please call ###.#### to reserve it for your event. Due to misuse of a dumpster that had been provided for the Community Building, now we ask all users to please bag all trash and ....???
Cable Television in HD
TCA (The Community Agency) provides telephone, internet, and cable TV to Primghar and other communities. It provides analog and digital TV at several levels of service. They have set top boxes (STB's) but they are not needed for several of their plans. See more about cost and high definition (HD) channels.
Energy Saving
"Bright Energy Solutions is a unique portfolio of energy efficiency cash incentive programs offered by Primghar Municipal Utilities and Missouri River Energy Services. The programs are designed to help customers save energy and save money in their homes or businesses through improvements to electrical equipment and processes. Bright Energy Solutions helps customers pay for those improvements by offering cash incentives." City Newsrelease, BES Website, Rebate Deals (Aug 19, 2009)
