Council members for the Village of Chatham held a Special Called Meeting on Wednesday, November 19th to discuss future policies and procedures regarding utilities as well as the conduct of an elected official. 

Toni Malone, Sue Proffer, and Bernadean James called for the meeting after it was learned that a certain party had not paid the entire amount due on a water bill, which resulted in the water being cut off, only to later be cut back on when only a portion of the bill was paid.

Per the council, the water should not have been cut back on until the entire amount of the bill was paid, a position that Mayor Greg Harris opposed, citing that a good-faith monetary gesture had been made and that by cutting off the water, it put an undue burden on the resident. 

The session ended after it was determined that, in the future, the policy regarding such situations would be that utilities not paid for by the date due would result in loss of those utilities until the amount was paid in full.