Boil Water Advisory - Thornhill Heights

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Boil Water Advisory  Date: 1/27/2020  

The Water Department of the Frankfort Plant Board advises to boil the water before drinking or using it for cooking. The advisory is in effect for the following area:  

·      Hillcrest Ave. ·      605 Greenup Ave.

·      734 Holmes St. ·      744 Fields Ave.

·      101 Henry St. ·      Clifton Ave.

·      516, 614 Cheek St. ·      McCreary Ave.

·      401, 402 Fifth Ave. ·      Blackburn Ave.

·      756, 772, 776 Owenton Ave.

A vigorous boil, is recommended for at least two minutes. This Boil Water Advisory is a precautionary measure due to a loss of pressure in the water main caused by Plant Board crews installing a line stop valve.   This Advisory will remain in effect until lab analysis of water samples taken confirms that the potable water supply in the effected area is safe to drink. You will receive a notice when the advisory is lifted.   If you have any questions concerning the Boil Water Advisory, please call 352-4372

   FRANKFORT PLANT BOARD WATER DEPT.    

FPB Board approves FOX agreement

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Public hearing set to review rates and billing changes.

Frankfort Plant Board cable customers are no longer at risk of losing the most viewed cable network in Frankfort in 2019, the FOX News Channel. The board approved an agreement with the Fox Corporation to continue to offer their cable networks, also including FOX Business, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. The term of the agreement is through Dec. 1, 2023 and includes TV Everywhere and Video On Demand rights. 

While the FOX agreement represents more than a 14 percent increase in total programming license fees, the increases are lower than what was budgeted and anticipated. The networks operate on a take all or have none condition. Therefore, this agreement does not allow a la carte purchasing.

In other news, the board scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. to review cable rates and billing changes. The meeting will be held in the FPB Administration Building Community Room.

The public notice proposes to reduce the Limited Cable rate from $16 to $12.79 per month.

As network programming costs increase annually across the entire channel line-up, FPB must propose to raise the Classic Cable rate from $67 to $69.50 per month in the public notice. The increased rate is needed to pay the increases in the wholesale license fees FPB must pay to programmers.

Because seven corporations own or control nearly 90 percent of channels, they use their size and market power to demand higher fees for their programming. In addition, they require cable operators like FPB to carry their less popular networks (at a price) as a condition of providing the most popular ones. The media companies dictate broad carriage of their channels limiting FPB’s ability to be more flexible with customer choice.

In order to increase transparency in Classic Cable rates, the public notice proposes to break out the Classic Cable rates on customer bills including a Customer Charge, which goes to FPB to maintain the cable system and provide customers the cable service; and a Cable Network Pass-through Fee, which goes directly to the media ownership groups for the programming content. Effective March 1, 2020, the Customer Charge would be $12.79 and the Cable Network Pass-through Fee would be $56.71, totaling $69.50.

This breakdown will show that FPB operating expenses, which have decreased every year since 2002, only make up 14 percent of the classic cable rate, while the other 86 percent is a programming expense that goes directly to the networks.

A rate change for Bulk Cable I and II will also be discussed at the hearing. This includes cable service at hotels, dormitories and office complexes. These increases are the same percentage as the Classic Cable rate change proposal.

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Boil Water Advisory Cancellation

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Boil water advisory is now canceled - 1/21/2020

The Water Department of the Frankfort Plant Board is notifying you that the Division of Water of the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection has now canceled the Boil Water Advisory.     This Advisory was issued 1/20/20 due to the loss of pressure in the water main caused by Plant Board crews repairing a water main break.    

The area affected was:   ·     

701 to 785 Stoneleigh Ln ·     

600 to 850 South Scruggs Ln ·  

 126 South Creek    

If you should have any questions or problems with normal service or water quality please call 352-4372     FRANKFORT PLANT BOARD WATER DEPT. ~