Council Makes Trustee Appointments

Grove City Councilmen have made three appointments to the Grove Industrial Development Authority board, one to GMSA, and deferred appointments to the Planning & Zoning Board because there were no applicants. Action came at Tuesday night's regular Council meeting.

Appointed to GIDA were Bob Henkle, Ed Hamilton, and Tom Ryan, although Ryan's appointment drew opposition from Larry Parham and Mike Davenport. Appointed to GMSA was Berwin Kock, who had previously applied to the airport trust authority board position which was filled by Tom Melton.

The city will re-advertise the two open positions on the Planning & Zoning board with a cutoff date of Sept. 27. Chairman Bettie Kardos-Bishop has retired and Norma Halterman resigned in August. If member Bill Miller does not return from an extended trip there will not be a quorum for the October meeting.

In other council action:

--a request for the Harvest Moon Cruise Night promotion was made and approved, for Oct. 12-13.
--Larry Parham was appointed as the council liaison to the Grove Airport Authority and he resigned as the liaison to the Grove Chamber of Commerce.
--authorization was given to sign a letter of intent for FAA grant funds and approval given for a fee of $67,000 for engineering work to Garver Engineers for completion of the Property Map and updating the airport layout drawing; completion of the Action Plan as required by the FAA, and engineering work on runway 18/36 for new seal coat and repairs and repairs to the aircraft parking apron. The money will be reimbursed by the FAA.