LAHARPE — The LaHarpe City Council signed off on its second attempt to procure grant funding to help pay for electric upgrades throughout the city.
The Council voted, 4-0, to apply for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant as part of a citywide electric conversion to a new three-phase system.
About half of the city remains under an old “delta” electric system, prone to partial outages, brown-outs and electric surges. Aging utility poles and other issues are growing worse as well.