More Fort Pierce utility assistance gone within minutes - WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — After a two-month reprieve with nary precocious fees oregon disconnects, Fort Pierce Utilities is informing customers to astatine slightest wage the minimum magnitude owed connected their electrical measure to forestall being chopped off.

Tuesday, the metropolis of Fort Pierce was erstwhile again offering fiscal assistance to eligible metropolis residents, and it took little than 20 minutes for the wealth to beryllium utilized up.

Mayme Davis Gay has had a hard life.

“I’m suffering from COPD, past stages. Recently signed up for hospice,” said the 64 year-old.

So her inferior measure isn’t the biggest of her problems. However, it’s inactive important.

“It went from $300 to implicit $1,000,” Gay said.

So Gay went to the Kilmer Library successful downtown Fort Pierce for assistance Tuesday and was 1 of the fortunate ones, registering for a $250 inferior reimbursement provided done the metropolis for income eligible residents.

The programme went online astatine 10 a.m., and little than 20 minutes later, stopped taking applications.

All 200 spots were filled, overmuch to the disappointment of Stacie Williams, who came to the room from her home.

“I went connected and I did it, everything. And erstwhile I went connected and deed submit, they said determination was an error,” said Williams.

Frustrating residents and those determination to help.

“We’re trying to get them done it, and erstwhile you get that mistake message, is truthful challenging,” said programme subordinate Casse Otten, who works astatine the library.

City Commissioner Curtis Johnson said it proves a continued need, a tendency by the metropolis to support uncovering disposable funds, and a reminder that the adjacent clip these funds are available, person the signifier filled retired and acceptable to spell close erstwhile the programme opens.

Not lone did Gay get help, but she said determination are different agleam spots. She was precocious re-married and near with this, hoping for different miracle.

“Maybe I’ll person an angel to assistance maine with my rent," Gay said.