Asphalt argument and fee increases at city council meeting

At the tail-end of the Malta City Council meeting last Tuesday, local contractor Rocky Mummey approached the council about a rumor he’d heard about not being paid the entire fee for asphalt he’d recently laid.

Earlier in the meeting, Malta Mayor Shyla Jones informed Council that on May 15, she was approached by two engineers from TD&H, the firm charged with the oversight of the current water project being conducted by Helena Sand and Gravel. The engineers informed her that Mummey had laid over 4,000 square feet of gravel after they had asked him not to because it had rained, against the rules...