Gentry Council passes ordinance requiring underground utilities

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January 16, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

by Randy Moll

Westside Eagle Observer/Randy Moll Gentry's city hall is located on Main Street in downtown Gentry.
Westside Eagle Observer/Randy Moll Gentry's city hall is located on Main Street in downtown Gentry.

GENTRY -- The city council in Gentry, on Jan. 8, passed an ordinance requiring developers to install utilities underground. The measure was passed with rules suspended, on three readings with a single vote and with an emergency clause, meaning the ordinance took immediate effect.

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