Barling Official Responds To Communication Issue

The City of Barling experienced a major waterline break last week, after which they receiv- ed complaints from residents regarding lack of communication of the situation.  It had been said by a resident that the only thing they had was a phone number to call and that was the Police Department's number.

Mike Tanner, City Administrator, later responded to the issue.  He said "We have an auto- dialer system on our utility software, but there were so many calls that, for lack of a better word, it blew it up."  They are working on obtaining a better auto-dialer, Tanner said.  Also since the break, they have created a Barling Facebook.  He said the City already had a web- site.  However, at the moment, it is just a blank page.

According to Tanner, in the next five years, the City plans to replace the twenty-two feet of waterline that runs along Highway 22.  The original asbestos cement pipe was installed in 1968.

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