City Authorizes Sewage Works Revenue Bonds
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Councilman Charlie Smith made the motion to issue the bonds, and councilman Jerry Patterson seconded the motion.
Council members Joe Thallemer, Kyle Babcock, George Clemens, Jeff Grose and Diane Quance also voted in favor of the bonds being issued.
The city established, constructed and currently owns and operates sewage works through the Board of Public Works and Safety.
The board determined and recommended to the city that additions, extensions and improvements are needed to the sewage works.
The total cost of the sewage improvement project is $9.1 million.
The city will pay a portion of the costs of the project with the issuance of sewage works revenue bonds in the amount of $3.7 million.
Brian Houghton, Jones & Henry Engineers Ltd., Fort Wayne office director, discussed the wastewater project with the council Monday night.
The project consists of the acquisition, construction and installation of improvements and extensions to the city’s sewage works.
The current wastewater treatment plant at Boggs Industrial Park on Center Street will be taken offline, and a wastewater pump station will be built there.
The project also includes installing a force main to the new wastewater plant at CR 150W behind G&G Hauling to handle the additional wastewater flow.
Brian Davison, Warsaw Wastewater Utility Facility manager, said the goal is to have all the wastewater flow combined at the new wastewater plant at CR 150W.
The next step is opening bids during Friday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting for the second phase of the project, which is laying a pipe between the Center Street and CR 150W wastewater treatment plants.
Bids will be open Nov. 4 for phase three for building the Center Street pump station.
Bids will be awarded in December for installing the force main from Center Street to CR 150W.
In other business, the council approved Warsaw purchasing a rotamat cylindrical bar screen from the city of Carmel for $25,500 for the city to use to screen wastewater.
The council also approved an ordinance to transfer $6,000 from other services and charges to improvements other than buildings for sealing, coating and striping for the city parking lot on South Buffalo Street.
The council approved the city’s 2012 budget on first reading, and a second reading of the budget will be at the Oct. 17 meeting.
The city also reviewed a petition for annexation for property north of Mariner Drive presented by Jeremy Skinner, city planner.
The petition was from Smor Group, owner of the real estate property, to annex the property into the city.
Kosciusko Community YMCA is considering purchasing the property to build a new YMCA facility, but the property must first be annexed into the city.
A public hearing will need to be advertised as well as an ordinance and fiscal plan must be approved by city council, Skinner said.
A meeting date and time has not yet been scheduled.[[In-content Ad]]
Councilman Charlie Smith made the motion to issue the bonds, and councilman Jerry Patterson seconded the motion.
Council members Joe Thallemer, Kyle Babcock, George Clemens, Jeff Grose and Diane Quance also voted in favor of the bonds being issued.
The city established, constructed and currently owns and operates sewage works through the Board of Public Works and Safety.
The board determined and recommended to the city that additions, extensions and improvements are needed to the sewage works.
The total cost of the sewage improvement project is $9.1 million.
The city will pay a portion of the costs of the project with the issuance of sewage works revenue bonds in the amount of $3.7 million.
Brian Houghton, Jones & Henry Engineers Ltd., Fort Wayne office director, discussed the wastewater project with the council Monday night.
The project consists of the acquisition, construction and installation of improvements and extensions to the city’s sewage works.
The current wastewater treatment plant at Boggs Industrial Park on Center Street will be taken offline, and a wastewater pump station will be built there.
The project also includes installing a force main to the new wastewater plant at CR 150W behind G&G Hauling to handle the additional wastewater flow.
Brian Davison, Warsaw Wastewater Utility Facility manager, said the goal is to have all the wastewater flow combined at the new wastewater plant at CR 150W.
The next step is opening bids during Friday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting for the second phase of the project, which is laying a pipe between the Center Street and CR 150W wastewater treatment plants.
Bids will be open Nov. 4 for phase three for building the Center Street pump station.
Bids will be awarded in December for installing the force main from Center Street to CR 150W.
In other business, the council approved Warsaw purchasing a rotamat cylindrical bar screen from the city of Carmel for $25,500 for the city to use to screen wastewater.
The council also approved an ordinance to transfer $6,000 from other services and charges to improvements other than buildings for sealing, coating and striping for the city parking lot on South Buffalo Street.
The council approved the city’s 2012 budget on first reading, and a second reading of the budget will be at the Oct. 17 meeting.
The city also reviewed a petition for annexation for property north of Mariner Drive presented by Jeremy Skinner, city planner.
The petition was from Smor Group, owner of the real estate property, to annex the property into the city.
Kosciusko Community YMCA is considering purchasing the property to build a new YMCA facility, but the property must first be annexed into the city.
A public hearing will need to be advertised as well as an ordinance and fiscal plan must be approved by city council, Skinner said.
A meeting date and time has not yet been scheduled.[[In-content Ad]]
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