A Sewage Committee meeting was held by Committee Chairman Randy Allmon yesterday, July 16 at Village Hall. The meeting was held to discuss two grant applications to be recommended to apply for at the next regular Council meeting and a raise in sewage rates. Present at the meeting was Allmon, Tony Cataldo, Don Brown, Joe Soldano & Jim Saracco.
The first grant would be from stimulus money available for storm sewers and sidewalk removal & replacement. Being under the poverty level limit guide lines it was found out the village is eligible for $260,000/$270,000 with the village share being around $70,000. A loan can be obtained paying 3.75% interest over a 40 year period for the village share.
The Committee decided to recommend applying for this grant to replace 45 catch basins or sewer drops and replacing some sidewalk corners. The grant is available on a first come/first serve basis and the village is one big step ahead having already getting the engineering completed for this project. That was done a few years ago for the same project that fell through.
The second grant is from Issue II money for next year. It is for bridges, paving or practically anything having to do with the village infrastructure. According to Committee members it is the Mayor's wishes to use this for paving Commerce Street from 9th to 15th Sts. The village will be eligible for $176,000 from this grant. There is a September dead line to apply and the Committee will recommend that Council approve application be made as soon as possible.
Last on the agenda was a sewage rate increase to be effective the first of January, 2010. The Committee will recommend that a flat rate increase of $1 per month for the first year and an additional 50 cents a month for the next four years be approved by Council. It has been seven years since the last sewage rate increase. Money from the rate increase will be placed into the Capital Improvement funds. That way it could be used for anything.
The Committee advises they should get word by next week on the application to the Ohio Public Works Commission for funds for the 10th Street Extension repair project. They are still waiting for word on the application to OMEGA for the money to finish up the Sewage Treatment Plant project started last year.
Next regular Council Meeting is Tuesday, July 21 at 6 P.M.
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