The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

The City of Waitsburg does not have a Facebook account and does not participate in social media in any format. Should any citizen have a concern or know of a situation that warrants the city’s involvement, please contact City Hall directly rather than posting complaints and comments online. If we don’t know about the issues, we can’t address them, and simply posting online will not help solve any problems.

While it might not be the fastest process, sometimes taking up to a month, the city does have procedures in place to address a great number of nuisances. The city doesn’t go looking for problems; instead, we rely on citizens telling us about issues so that we can address them properly. When something is reported, we generally try to contact the property owner directly by phone, or we send a letter out the same or next business day the issue is reported to us.

If you haven’t seen them by now, please be aware that there is a crew of employees doing meter replacements throughout Waitsburg. The crew has made it through about half of the meter replacements so far and is projected to be done by late September/early October.

Be advised that the new water meters are extremely accurate in comparison to the old meters. Properties where the oldest meters were installed will now most likely show more consumption due to the fact that the old meters were slowing down, allowing water to go through unmetered. Due to all of that unmetered water now being accounted for, you might notice more consumption than you’re used to on your utility bill. We try to be proactive in confirming meter readings before the bills get mailed, but we don’t catch them all! We rely on customers alerting us to abnormal readings, as they know their own consumption better than anyone. As soon as we are notified of a potential misread, we take a new reading to confirm or refute the original reading. Through this process, we can also check to see if there is a potential water leak, and we can let the customer know if that might be an issue as well..

In closing, puncture vine continues to be a high nuisance issue for the City. Should you see a puncture vine (goat head) plant, please spray or pull it to help stop the spread of this noxious weed. Should the plant already have flowers on it and headed out, the best approach to dealing with the plant itself is to dig it up and put it in your trash can.