’Tis the season for street repairs. And repairs are needed in West Point, the City Council learned last week when it met for its regular May meeting.
The council approved $85,206 in street repairs that will cover the costs of six projects, some of which began already this week.
Weiler Street was still closed just south of where it intersects with Hillcrest Street after a section of concrete was removed and replaced at a cost of right at $5,193.
And it was one-way traffic on Prinz Street south of Hillcrest for the same reason. Those two sections of concrete replacement will cost about $6,820.

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Two months ago the West Point City Council voted to raise sewer use fees for its utility customers.
Last night (Tuesday), the council boosted water rates 5 percent, and City Administrator Tom Goulette hinted near the end of the meeting that, come June, a discussion will take place on electric rates.
The city may be looking at a 9 percent or more jump in what it pays for electricity, he said.
Goulette said the water rates need the upward adjustment to raise more revenue to cover the cost of the water plant, including bond payments.
He said last year was a good one as far as water sales go, but the two previous years sales were down. Also still a factor in water department revenue is the loss of West Point Dairy as a city water customer.
The typical residential water customer will see about an 80-cent to 90-cent bump on their water bill each month.
The rates were also raised 5 percent last year and in 2011.

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