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LEESBURG – At Monday night’s meeting, the Leesburg Town Council approved the Memorial Day parade, fixing town storm water catch basins and set dates for the town garage sale and clean-up day.
Leesburg resident Sue Charlton asked the town council if she could go ahead and work on the parade.
Town council member Doug Jones was surprised with the request.
“Sue, we just expected you to go ahead and do it,” Jones said.
Town Council President Tom Moore thanked Charlton for all her hard work on the parade in the past.
“We are the envy of a lot of towns around here, because we have a great parade,” Moore said.
The council unanimously voted to allow Charlton to continue working on the parade.
Moore said the storm water catch basins around town need to be modified to be more homeowner friendly.
“Right now it is difficult to mow around the catch basins, unless you have a weed eater or want to hand cut it, it is very difficult to work around,” Moore said.
Moore suggested the curd around the basin be level with the sidewalk and grass be planted around the new basin. The project will also include any amount of work to the sidewalks as well.
Moore presented a quote from Butt and Timmons in Leesburg for $1,733 to fix 15 of the new storm water catch basins.
“This is a very reasonable price for all the work they will be doing,” Jones said.
The council voted unanimously to approve the work.
The council also discussed a new date for the town garage sale day.
Last year the sale was July 9, but Charlton believed that was a bad time to have the sale. The second week of July is the same week as the 4-H fair.
After some discussion the council asked Charlton if June 23 was a good day for the sale and she agreed.
Jones motioned to have the town garage sale June 23 and the town clean-up day on June 30. Larry Richey seconded the motion. The motion unanimously passed.
Council members were informed there is a stray cat problem around the town and discussed options for fixing the issue. Since town attorney Verne Landis was not available, the council members suggested they speak with Landis on legal verbiage for the town ordinances.
Jones told the board that he would call the county humane officer to see what could be done in the meantime.
Leesburg Street Commissioner Brandon Queen informed the council that all the machinery for the town was operational and there were 23 tons of salt and sand mix left over from the winter. Queen also told the council that there are minor street repairs to be made and that will happen as soon as the hot mix is finished being made.
Queen informed the council that there have been complaints of illegal burning in the last few weeks and that the ordinance needs to be enforced, unless it is a small recreational fire.
Leesburg Sewer and Sanitary officer Derek Tenney told the council there have been no problems since the grinder pumps were replaced.
The next meeting of the Leesburg Town Council is May 14 at 6:30 p.m.
