State Representative Tracy Richardson will be presenting a request on behalf of the Richwood Village Council for funds from the $15 million statewide Capital budget.
Mayor Scott Jerew told council that the village is asking for $64,000 that would be used for items at Richwood Park. Council has applied for money to be used to purchase two ADA compliant composting toilets for the park, an ADA pedestrian dock and a kayak launch where boaters can put their kayaks onto the lake.
Jerew also told council the deadline to submit the request for funds is Nov. 14 and he doesn’t expect to get any information before the first of next year on acceptance of the request.
Jerew also stated to council that he went to Marysville to secure the permit to begin building the new shelter house near the beach area of the lake. Holes for the framework have been dug and concrete for the floor should be poured soon.
Council discussed the importance of the three upcoming levies that will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. Council members wanted to get the word out to residents the importance of passing the levies, that will help supplement the general budget and the maintenance of the park.
If voters do not approve the requests, council will have to submit a request for the levies to be back on the March 2020 ballot to be voted on again.
Council’s next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 12 due to the Veterans Day holiday on Monday. At that point, it will know if the levies passed and will proceed from there.
Village Administrator Monte Asher informed council that the Brenneman Company has installed the Edgewood storm line in from Ottawa Street to Edgewood Drive. Asher said that he has been playing phone-tag with Jason Wills in asking him to come to the next council meeting and inform council he plans for hooking up to the storm tile and finishing Dudley Circle.
Asher gave an update on the North Franklin Street project. He and the contractor did a walk-thru and said the clean outs have all been lowered, in areas back-fill is needed and some small things need touched up before the project is cleared. Grass is very spotty and they will come back in the spring and reseed for what did not take.
The village computers are too old to update the most recent needed software for the water and sewer departments and for police reports, etc. Asher received a bid from Edge Technology for nine desktops with Windows 10 Professional and Office 2019 Home and Business software programs and the labor to install the equipment at a cost of $11,339. Council discussed what departments the funds would come from and decided that fiscal officer Sarah Sellers will contact Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver for guidance. They will discuss the project more at their November 12 meeting.
A property located at 9 Pearl Street is up for sale. When the property was surveyed, it was found that there were some disputed boundaries and encroachments that needed to be resolved. Council felt that it was more of a private issue as long as it met with zoning regulations, they didn’t want to get involved with the issues. Zoning officer Marion Bump found no problems with zoning issues, so the buyer and seller will have to work out the issues.
In other business, council:
-Heard the last patch on West Bomford Street has been done for the year since cold patch is not available at this time.
-Heard approximately 20 feet of new storm line and clean out at the water plant was installed for the restroom.
-Was informed the Gill Street lift station pump went out and was replaced with a new pump. The old pump was taken to Ashland for rebuild to be used as a back-up pump.
-Heard the police officers will be scheduled for handgun requalification soon.
-Heard Asher indicated that the police department will be on hand Thursday, traveling through the village for the safety of all youngsters on Trick-or-Treat night and is scheduled to participate in the Christmas Parade on Dec. 7.