Sidney Council Hears Road Condition Report
July 14, 2020 at 1:20 a.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
On June 10, Council President Sharon Rancourt and Clerk-Treasurer Lisa Parrett met with members of the Kosciusko County Highway Department to review the town’s roads.
There are multiple steps and processes that need to be done to the roads in town, Rancourt said.
“Certain sections of road to need to be paved, certain sections just need chip and tar and certain sections just need sealant,” Rancourt said. “They actually came down and Lisa and I drove around with them and we drove the entire town street by street and they told us street by street what needed to be done.”
Parrett and Rancourt then met with Phend & Brown, Milford, on June 11 and drove around town and told them street by street what needed to be done. Phend & Brown should have a quote for the work back to the town next week.
Rancourt said the primary goal of that was because there’s a state grant called Community Crossings, which is a 50/50 matching grant.
“And if we had fourteen grand set aside in our budget, then we could get $28,000 to put toward the roads,” she said.
The grant has been cancelled for fall dispersement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be available for 2021 dispersement, but Rancourt said the town will have $14,000 to put toward it.
Rancourt said the council will have to wait to see what Phend & Brown “will have to say about it.”
Rancourt also said there were issues with paying Gemini for sewer bills online.
Chase Bank acts as a middle man between residents and Gemini and there have been issues with what Chase Bank will accept as identifying information for the town of Sidney as an entity. The bank has rejected some information, such as their W-9 and their federal tax ID the council has submitted to them.
Rancourt said the issue is not on Gemini, but on the town. Rancourt said they are waiting to hear back what information will be accepted. Residents can still mail in bills to Gemini. Rancourt said mailing in payment is the only way to avoid an extra fee.
The town council also:
• Set a fall pickup date of Aug. 22. The council is looking to get two 30-yard dumpster. Rancourt said once the council gets details, a flyer will be mailed out.
• Approved to add an umbrella policy, herbicide insurance and cyber liability insurance to their town’s insurance policy. It will add $195 a year to the town’s insurance premium.
• Announced there will be a meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 27 where the town council will go through the town’s ordinances to see what ordinances they want to send to American Legal Publishing for codification.
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On June 10, Council President Sharon Rancourt and Clerk-Treasurer Lisa Parrett met with members of the Kosciusko County Highway Department to review the town’s roads.
There are multiple steps and processes that need to be done to the roads in town, Rancourt said.
“Certain sections of road to need to be paved, certain sections just need chip and tar and certain sections just need sealant,” Rancourt said. “They actually came down and Lisa and I drove around with them and we drove the entire town street by street and they told us street by street what needed to be done.”
Parrett and Rancourt then met with Phend & Brown, Milford, on June 11 and drove around town and told them street by street what needed to be done. Phend & Brown should have a quote for the work back to the town next week.
Rancourt said the primary goal of that was because there’s a state grant called Community Crossings, which is a 50/50 matching grant.
“And if we had fourteen grand set aside in our budget, then we could get $28,000 to put toward the roads,” she said.
The grant has been cancelled for fall dispersement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be available for 2021 dispersement, but Rancourt said the town will have $14,000 to put toward it.
Rancourt said the council will have to wait to see what Phend & Brown “will have to say about it.”
Rancourt also said there were issues with paying Gemini for sewer bills online.
Chase Bank acts as a middle man between residents and Gemini and there have been issues with what Chase Bank will accept as identifying information for the town of Sidney as an entity. The bank has rejected some information, such as their W-9 and their federal tax ID the council has submitted to them.
Rancourt said the issue is not on Gemini, but on the town. Rancourt said they are waiting to hear back what information will be accepted. Residents can still mail in bills to Gemini. Rancourt said mailing in payment is the only way to avoid an extra fee.
The town council also:
• Set a fall pickup date of Aug. 22. The council is looking to get two 30-yard dumpster. Rancourt said once the council gets details, a flyer will be mailed out.
• Approved to add an umbrella policy, herbicide insurance and cyber liability insurance to their town’s insurance policy. It will add $195 a year to the town’s insurance premium.
• Announced there will be a meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 27 where the town council will go through the town’s ordinances to see what ordinances they want to send to American Legal Publishing for codification.
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