Posts Tagged ‘Nome Joint Utility System’
Nome Residents Continue Wait For Quintillion High-Speed Internet
Residents of Nome continue to wait to access high-speed internet through Quintillion’s fiber-optic cable, though a handful of business customers are now connecting to it.
Read MoreBoard Approves NJUS Request for $4.5 Million in Loans
Two resolutions requesting a total of over $4.5 million in loans were approved by the NJUS Board at Tuesday night’s meeting. The resolutions now go to the City Council for final approval.
Read More2018 NJUS Budget Passed; Reps From State LNG Project Visit During Council Meeting
No comments were made, no discussion took place: all five present councilmen voted “yes” to approve the NJUS budget. Slightly more time was spent on the Council’s only piece of new business: an ordinance to transfer municipal property to Jessica and Howard Farley, Jr., through a lease agreement.
Read More‘18 NJUS Budget Is Main Item of City Council Meeting
The Nome City Council has a slim list of business on the agenda for tonight’s regular meeting. An important item, though, is the second reading of the 2018 Operations and Maintenance budget for Nome Joint Utility System (NJUS). The City Council’s regular meeting convenes Monday at 7pm in Council Chambers.
Read MoreCity Council Passes All Business, Including Agreement to Have Nome’s Cemetery Surveyed
All four present councilmen voted in favor of the nearly $68,000 ground-penetrating radar survey agreement. The only other piece of business on the Council’s agenda also passed unanimously. Through a resolution, the Council declared February as School Board recognition month in Nome.
Read MoreNJUS Board Asks Common Council to Approve $6M ADEC Loan
Two resolutions asking the Nome Common Council to approve and accept loans from ADEC totaling over $6 million were passed at Thursday night’s NJUS Board meeting.
Read MoreNome Lifts Boil-Water Notice
The notice, issued Thursday evening, was lifted early Saturday morning after NJUS received lab results confirming bacteria had not contaminated the water system.
Read MoreCity Agrees to Provide $4.4 Million for NJUS Fuel Purchase
Nome Joint Utility System will receive a $4.4 million revenue anticipation note from the City of Nome to buy diesel fuel. The purchase will provide for NJUS’s full capacity of fuel: 3.2 million gallons.
Read MoreCity Council Calls Special Meeting; Funding for Diesel Fuel Could Be Passed
The Nome City Council plans to finance the purchase of diesel fuel for Nome Joint Utility System during a special meeting this afternoon.
Read MoreExplosion!
A recent incident at KNOM’s AM transmitter site is but the latest example of the challenges of operating a radio station in a remote corner of the sub-Arctic.
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