City Council Holds Special Session
Members of the Grove City Council gathered at the unusual hour of 8 a.m. Thursday to hear updates from City Manager Bill Galletly on a variety of projects currently underway in the city, including the bad news that ODOT has delayed the start of construction on the Highway 59 widening project until 2008.
Randall White, ODOT District Engineer, had told Grove Rotary members Wednesday that the project would not begin until 2008; it had previously been predicted to have been finished by Spring 2008. "It keeps slipping," Galletly told Council. The utility relocations were to have been finished by Oct. 2006, but now it is Oct 2007. "We have only three years to spend the project money for utility relocations under IRS arbitrage law," Galletly said. Bids for the utility relocation project will be opened Sept. 14 and the city will have 300 days to complete the project once begun.
Council heard of plans to call for a city election in April to determine if funding can be obtained for a new Aquatic Park, and voter approval of the sale of the Grove Civic Center. These items would be placed on the ballot with the city council election in April, when three seats come up. The Aquatic center item will be on next Tuesday's Council Agenda. The Aquatic center concept will be developed prior to the election so voters can be informed on the details.
Bids on the trash collection service for Grove will be opened Sept. 15, Galletly said, and it appears the city will go to once a week collection instead of the current twice a week plan.
Galletly said some downtown merchants are divided on when the Downtown Revitalization work should start, which would eliminate parking on the entire north side of Third Street for a block. "There isn't any ideal time for this, if we don't start soon we will be into the wet winter months. We will take all steps to minimize the inconvenience to both merchants and shoppers," he said.
Galletly brought the Council up to date on such projects as the Cherokee Street relocation of power poles, getting a bid from Verizon's construction company to take down the current cell tower near the Grade School, improvements at 13th and Main intersection providing for three lanes on 13th, new 4-way stop signs at 18th and Sumac, and others.
Another important item to be on Council's plate Tuesday is the selection of another Airport Board trustee to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Max Schuermann.
Also, the matter of the new cemetery site selection will come up.
Randall White, ODOT District Engineer, had told Grove Rotary members Wednesday that the project would not begin until 2008; it had previously been predicted to have been finished by Spring 2008. "It keeps slipping," Galletly told Council. The utility relocations were to have been finished by Oct. 2006, but now it is Oct 2007. "We have only three years to spend the project money for utility relocations under IRS arbitrage law," Galletly said. Bids for the utility relocation project will be opened Sept. 14 and the city will have 300 days to complete the project once begun.
Council heard of plans to call for a city election in April to determine if funding can be obtained for a new Aquatic Park, and voter approval of the sale of the Grove Civic Center. These items would be placed on the ballot with the city council election in April, when three seats come up. The Aquatic center item will be on next Tuesday's Council Agenda. The Aquatic center concept will be developed prior to the election so voters can be informed on the details.
Bids on the trash collection service for Grove will be opened Sept. 15, Galletly said, and it appears the city will go to once a week collection instead of the current twice a week plan.
Galletly said some downtown merchants are divided on when the Downtown Revitalization work should start, which would eliminate parking on the entire north side of Third Street for a block. "There isn't any ideal time for this, if we don't start soon we will be into the wet winter months. We will take all steps to minimize the inconvenience to both merchants and shoppers," he said.
Galletly brought the Council up to date on such projects as the Cherokee Street relocation of power poles, getting a bid from Verizon's construction company to take down the current cell tower near the Grade School, improvements at 13th and Main intersection providing for three lanes on 13th, new 4-way stop signs at 18th and Sumac, and others.
Another important item to be on Council's plate Tuesday is the selection of another Airport Board trustee to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Max Schuermann.
Also, the matter of the new cemetery site selection will come up.
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