The City of Joaquin Public Safety Corporation at their meeting Monday agreed to cash-in a $50,000 CD to go toward helping to pay-off the volunteer fire department's pumper truck.

According to City Secretary Amanda Willey there's still around $50,000 balance left on the vehicle. The CD contains monies collected through the $3 voluntary monthly utility billing fund.

At the regular council meeting, former Councilwoman LeeVern Stotts Gilliam was appointed to fill Mayor Bill Baker's spot on the city council. Ms. Gilliam lost her original position on the council in May.

Ms. Willey advised no action was taken on increasing utility rates, so as to give time in preparing a per-customer analysis. She added a special meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Friday to review those numbers and possible take action to go forward with raising rates.

Wayne Swan of the Paxton/Jackson Water Supply, which is furnished water by the City of Joaquin, was advised by council that the system would be given a 60-day notice before they would see a rate increase.

In other business, Dub Alford's request for meter removal is to be put on the next meeting's agenda, and Doug Shook was told the city would speak to the engineer in regards to possibly raising the man-hole covers on the new drainage construction project.