BOW Approves Road Safety Grants, Real Estate Purchase
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety approved accepting four grants to help make roads safer in the county Friday.
The board approved a $63,750 grant with funds to be distributed between Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Warsaw Police Department and the Kosciusko County prosecutor's office. The grant is for the Fatal Alcohol Crash Team program.
WPD received notice KCSD has been approved to receive the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant that pays for overtime to officers to investigate impaired driving and fatal or serious bodily injury crashes.
The board approved the department accepting a $54,000 grant from the Kosciusko County Traffic Safety Partnership Safety Administration to pay overtime for officers to enforce seat belt, child restraint and impaired driving laws.
The board approved Winona Lake Police Department receiving a $25,500 grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to pay officers overtime to enforce impaired driving laws. WPD's portion will be $7,000.
The board approved Winona Lake Police Department receiving a $20,000 grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be used to pay for overtime for officers to enforce traffic laws. WPD's portion is $7,000.
The board approved the city purchasing property for right of way for the Lake City Greenway. The property is for right of way from Jack Kelley, who owned the property at 787 W. Market St.
Warsaw City Council previously approved the purchase at its Oct. 6 meeting.
Warsaw is acquiring 0.60 acres of land. All of the land being purchased will be used to build a portion of the Lake City Greenway with landscaping.
The board also approved Warsaw Street Superintendent Lacy Francis to seek quotes to replace a 1993 Dodge one-ton dump truck and a 1994 Chevy one-ton dump truck.
Both of the trucks have rusted out beds, floors and floor boards. The 1994 Chevy has a brake problem and it has been difficult to get replacement parts for the vehicles, Francis said.
The board approved a 2010 amendment to the 2002 sanitary sewage treatment agreement.
The agreement states Winona Lake will pay Warsaw, for receipt and treatment of Winona Lake's treated sewage effluent, $3.47 per thousand gallons.Joe Thallemer, board of works member, thanked the Winona Lake Town Council's cooperation in also accepting the agreement.
In other business the board approved the Warsaw Wastewater Utility facility purchasing a $26,444.25 camera to video and inspect larger sewer lines.
