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Monday, June 23 2008 |
By TJ HEMLINGER
Staff writer
Columbia City is already making plans for the entrance to the new Parkview Whitley hospital that will grace the intersection of U.S. 30 and state Route 205, even though the project is months away from starting.
“It’s been two or three years that we’ve been working on the entrance,” mayor Jim Fleck told the Board of Works Friday morning.
“We ought to be looking at the (northeast) entrance to Columbia City,” Fleck said. “The hospital will significantly change (things) there. If there’s development on the west side of 205, we may need to make it four lanes to the bridge.
“It will take $4 million to $7 million to improve that stretch of road. Those whom it will affect will have to pay.”
In other business Friday morning, Mike Cook, head of the water pollution control facility, reported that the new digester cover has been installed. Workers started at 9 p.m. Wednesday and were done inflating the cover by 6 a.m. Thursday. It was tested for leaks, and workers also tested for leaks in cracks that have been sealed in the tank.
Cook reported that the cover had a 15-year life expectancy, but that the company that manufactured it recommends it be replaced every 10 years.
That figures out to a cost of $55,000 a year, Fleck noted.
“It’s an expensive proposition, but it’s one that’s essential,” he said.
The old cover was 16 or 17 years old.
The board also opened bids for the city’s portion of the 50/50 sidewalk improvement project. JB Concrete was the only company to submit a bid. It amounted to $20,168.
The project won’t cost more, and it could potentially come in less. The city’s portion will come from the capital improvement program.
The board accepted a bid of $27,955 from W.A. Jones of Columbia City for equipment on a new dump truck the city recently purchased.
The board learned that city workers are using GPS now for some meter reading in mobile home parks. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, June 24 2008 )
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