Kosciusko County Commissioners agreed this morning to help the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District seek improvement grants. Dick Green, attorney for the sewer district, told commissioners the district needs to improve its 50- to 60-year-old system. The first step is a preliminary engineering study, for which the district is seeking a $30,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The sewer district is not an eligible entity, Green noted, but the county has acted on its behalf three times in the past 25 years. Commissioners agreed to sign a letter of intent and appointed commissioner Brad Jackson as liaison for the engineer selection process. The grant application is being written by Priority Project Resources Inc. Its president, Shannon McLeod, noted grant funding is necessary since rates could not be raised high enough among the district’s 208 customers to fund it. She also told commissioners she expects an engineer to be chosen by February and the report to be finished by October. After that, “you might see me come before you again in another year and a half when we look for grants for the construction project,” she said. Also during the meeting, commissioners approved a $7,300 contract for recording equipment for the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, and $900 for software updates for squad cars. And commissioners recognized Bruce Butler as the veteran of the month. Butler married his wife, Jane, between graduating boot camp and leaving for Vietnam. Butler served in the Navy from 1969 to 1973, stationed on a floating base for river boats. He retired from Zimmer after 25 years.
