>> FIRST AT 5 ON YOUR NEWS LATER SOME TENANTS AT A HICKORY HILL APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE CONCERNED THEY MAY LOSE UTILITY SERVICE THIS COMES AFTER THEY RECEIVED TERMINATION NOTICES GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M STEPHANIE SCURLOCK GREG IS OFF TONIGHT WRE G SHAY ARTHUR IS LIVE WITH US TONIGHT AFTER SPEAKING WITH A RESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND SHOW YOU WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU WELL STEPHANIE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES WELL THEY HAVE THIS GUY TALK TO PRETTY WORRY BUT I DID SPEAK WITH THEM W WHO SAYS THERE'S STILL A POSSIBILITY >> THIS PROBABLY RESOLVED BEFORE ACTUAL PROBLEM >> TONIGHT CONCERN AFTER THIS MAN RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM MLGW THE NOTICE WARNS OF UTILITY SERVICE TERMINATION IN THE NEXT WEEK SAYING CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE TERMINATION OF INAUDIBLE USED CURRENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LANDLORD THIS TENT DOESN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED BUT HE LIVES AT THE EMERALD POINTE APARTMENTS WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE ALL HIS MONEY >> THEY'RE NOT FIXING ANYTHING AND AT THE SAME TIME WE GET A NOTICE FROM IMAGE UW LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT OUT POWELL'S DUE TO NONPAYMENT BOUT OFFICE HE SAYS HE'S ALREADY DEALING WITH NOT HAVING HOT WATER THIS NEW POSSIBLE PROBLEM MAKES THINGS EVEN WORSE RIGHT NOW ABOUT FINDING OUT THAT HE'S NOTICED >> IT'S KIND I HAVE HAVE A BIT WIDE HERE BUT CALLED HIM EDGY WNBA GW AS OF RIGHT NOW IS NOTHING THAT CAN DO ON MY BEHALF BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH APARTMENT COMPLEX BUT SAYS HE HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM PROPERTY MANAGERS WE TRIED TO ASK 2 WHEN WE APPROACH THE LEASING OFFICE WE SAW SOMEONE INSIDE LOCK THE AND NO ONE ANSWERED >> WE CALLED WE GOT THIS RECORDING THE MAILBOX OF THE PERSON YOUR CALLING CURRENTLY FULL BUT A SPOKESPERSON WITH EMOTION W DID TELL US THIS SOME APARTMENTS HAVE A MASTER WATER METER AND HANDLE THE BILLING OF INDIVIDUAL TENANTS >> THEREFORE INDIVIDUAL TENANTS ARE NOT AND MOST W'S WATER CUSTOMERS AND IN MOST W HAS NO MEANS OF RESTORING WATERS INDIVIDUAL UNITS ONCE DISCONNECTED IN TERMS OF ELECTRICITY A DISCONNECTION WOULD ONLY AFFECT COMMON AREAS THESE NOTICES ARE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE TO MAKE TENANTS AWARE OF A POSSIBLE CUT OFF AND GENERALLY THE BILL IS PAID IN TIME TO AVOID DISCONNECTION >> AND THAT DEADLINE IS JULY 9TH WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED IF THE BILL IS PAID IN TIME FOR YOUR NEWS LEADER LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT SHAY ARTHUR WRE