Manchester Seeks Grant To Upgrade Town Life Center
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊManchester Town Council gave the go-ahead for a grant application to be sent to the Indiana Department of Commerce requesting $500,000.
The Community Development Block Grant, if approved, will be used to make much-needed upgrades to the Town Life Center (the old Thomas Marshall School). The grant, awarded by the Department of Commerce, is a 90/10 matching grant, meaning Commerce will fund 90 percent of a project up to $500,000 as long as the town funds the remaining 10 percent.
Included in the grant proposal is a displacement plan. The plan is required for all commerce grants and is a promise to citizens and businesses that if they or their homes are displaced by the building projects, the town will find them a new location.
No businesses or people are expected to be displaced by the plan.
In other business, the ocuncil:
• Tabled approval of a salt bid from Morton Salt, Chicago. The bid was for 1,000 tons of salt at $48,750, a 25-cent per ton increase since last year. The board expects to approve the bid but is waiting until town attorney Charles Tiede is present to look it over.
• Approved promotions of two police officers. Keith Whiting will be detective. He previously served as the department's accident investigator. Brian Enyeart, the department's K-9 officer, was promoted to sergeant.
• Approved a request by Manchester Metals (formerly Manchester Foundry) to waive a town utilities security deposit of $2,000. The new business uses about 1.1 million gallons of water a month and town manager Dan Hannaford said they were a good customer. Included in their approval was a provision that if the company misses a payment, they would be responsible for not only the delinquent payment but also the deposit.
Town council members are Chris Garber, Diana Haupert, Don Rinearson, Stan Escott and Laura Rager. Town manager is Dan Hannaford, secretary-treasurer is Nancy Reed and town attorney is Charles Tiede. [[In-content Ad]]
NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊManchester Town Council gave the go-ahead for a grant application to be sent to the Indiana Department of Commerce requesting $500,000.
The Community Development Block Grant, if approved, will be used to make much-needed upgrades to the Town Life Center (the old Thomas Marshall School). The grant, awarded by the Department of Commerce, is a 90/10 matching grant, meaning Commerce will fund 90 percent of a project up to $500,000 as long as the town funds the remaining 10 percent.
Included in the grant proposal is a displacement plan. The plan is required for all commerce grants and is a promise to citizens and businesses that if they or their homes are displaced by the building projects, the town will find them a new location.
No businesses or people are expected to be displaced by the plan.
In other business, the ocuncil:
• Tabled approval of a salt bid from Morton Salt, Chicago. The bid was for 1,000 tons of salt at $48,750, a 25-cent per ton increase since last year. The board expects to approve the bid but is waiting until town attorney Charles Tiede is present to look it over.
• Approved promotions of two police officers. Keith Whiting will be detective. He previously served as the department's accident investigator. Brian Enyeart, the department's K-9 officer, was promoted to sergeant.
• Approved a request by Manchester Metals (formerly Manchester Foundry) to waive a town utilities security deposit of $2,000. The new business uses about 1.1 million gallons of water a month and town manager Dan Hannaford said they were a good customer. Included in their approval was a provision that if the company misses a payment, they would be responsible for not only the delinquent payment but also the deposit.
Town council members are Chris Garber, Diana Haupert, Don Rinearson, Stan Escott and Laura Rager. Town manager is Dan Hannaford, secretary-treasurer is Nancy Reed and town attorney is Charles Tiede. [[In-content Ad]]