Rural Utilities
Robbins Working with Cape Girardeau County Reorganized Common Sewer District
Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC, is pleased to be working with the Cape Girardeau County Reorganized Common Sewer District, located outside the limits of the cities of Fruitland and Jackson, Missouri, on its upcoming sewer project. The District will be receiving $14,400,000 in assistance from USDA Rural Development to construct its wastewater collection and…
Read MoreNational Lineman Appreciation Day
Today is National Lineman Appreciation Day. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) by executive order. Congress later authorized the funds REA needed to finance the expansion of electricity into rural Missouri. REA provided low-cost loans to electric cooperatives so that they could build electric transmission and generation facilities. Rural…
Read MoreDaylight Savings Time Energy Savings?
can homeowners experience Daylight Savings Time energy savings? Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend. Daylight savings time was either instituted to give farmers more daylight working hours or to conserve electricity by requiring less artificial light during the day. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 focuses on the second possibility. The law shifted the start…
Read MoreClient Spotlight: Pike Creek Sewer District
Our firm is pleased to have represented the Pike Creek Reorganized Common Sewer District since its formation in April, 1997. Prior to the District’s formation, wastewater treatment systems serving many subdivisions in the area were operated and maintained by individuals or homeowner associations. Often these systems were not monitored by a licensed and trained operator…
Read MoreRobbins Working with Prairie Heights
Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC, is pleased to be working with the Prairie Heights Area Reorganized Common Sewer District, located outside the city limits of Bolivar, Missouri, on its upcoming sewer project. The District will be receiving more than $850,000 in assistance from USDA Rural Development to connect its wastewater collection system to the…
Read MoreMissouri Candidate’s Affidavit of Tax Payments
Unless otherwise indicated, each year all new Missouri laws become effective August 28. This year a new law, Section 115.306 RSMo., became effective on August 28, 2015, which provides several new requirements for candidates running for elective office in the State of Missouri. The primary new requirement as a result of Section 115.306 RSMo., is…
Read MoreRobbins at MRWA Conference for Water and Sewer Utilities
I enjoy helping communities solve drinking water and sewer problems. The civic-minded men and women who volunteer their time to make their communities a better place are often among my favorite clients. They work hard, often thankless, hours to make sure that when we turn on a faucet or flush a toilet, we don’t have…
Read MoreRobbins Working With City of Birch Tree, Missouri
Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC is pleased to be working with the City of Birch Tree, Missouri on its sewer project. The City has obtained funding through a grant and loan package from the United States Department of Agriculture, acting through its Rural Development agency. The project, which will get under way later this…
Read MoreAre you ready to partition?
If you own real estate or personal property with another person, and you are unable to agree upon a fair and equitable division of the property, Missouri law allows for a partition suit to be filed so that the property can either be divided or sold by court order. Disputes like this can arise form…
Read MoreRobbins Chosen to Work with Deer Run to Find Sewer Solution
Property owners in the Deer Run area are desperate for a sewer solution. Several homes and campgrounds are served by an existing, private sewer system, that is aging. Given the proximity to the Current River, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been closely monitoring the sewer system. Following a community meeting on May…
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