INGALLS — Ingalls reviewed road projects and park improvements, and approved other work and expenditures, during recent town meetings.
Town manager Tim Millikan presented his plans to use a $2,800 grant from South Madison Community Foundation to add an ADA concrete pad for handicap vans at Jesse Ireton Park.
Millikan received permission from the council to have the pad installed by Joe Hunt Concrete.
The council also approved spending park fund money to install a concrete pad for ADA vehicles at Interurban Park at a cost of $3,100. Joe Hunt Concrete will do that work, as well.
In other park business, a piece of equipment selected for Jesse Ireton Memorial Park at a cost of $22,000 was on back order, which would have set the project back to late summer.
Millikan selected the nearest comparable item to keep the project moving.
The play equipment is designed for the same age group, same capacity, has more climbing features, one less slide and one less overhead awning, but has a bigger footprint overall, Millikan said.
The cost was $1,400 cheaper, which will be applied toward the supervised installation cost and to oversee a community building effort at the park.
The community build is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5. Town officials are seeking 15 volunteers and will provide breakfast, lunch, drinks and commemorative T-shirts for the volunteers.
In other infrastructure news, Millikan proposed adding some safety road signs at locations around town. The new signs will include putting up four-way stops at First Avenue and Alfonte Street, Second Avenue and Swain Street, and adding a three-way stop at Menden Road and Randall Street.
The council approved the signs.
Millikan also asked the council to have Joe Hunt Construction widen the road on Second Avenue and Alfonte Street. Millikan said the road is not wide enough to handle the traffic turning into the new Dollar General Store.
After discussion, the council agreed to study the issue and discuss it at a later council meeting.
In other news:
• A makeup date for the Founders Day Festival will be Saturday, May 19, and and town leaders plan to move the June Summerfest from Saturday, June 9, to Saturday, June 16.
• The town council took bids for the 2011 Dodge Charger and received two: Anthony Keogh bid $2,001, and Yousef Dabbugh bid $868. The council went with the higher bid.
• Town marshal Chris Thompson asked for and received $1,000 plus shop material expense for having the 2013 Tahoe and 2011 Crown Victoria equipped with lights.
• Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Boat reported there is a hole the size of a ping pong ball in the outer wall of the town’s fire station. The hole, located where the air conditioning line runs into the building, was sealed temporarily and will be addressed permanently this spring.
During a recent water board meeting:
• Millikan proposed adding 89 feet of curb to an area along Meridian Street by the town’s new water utility offices at a cost of $5,430, which the town approved.
•Lou Savka of Triad and Associates presented a pay claim from Smith Projects for $10,820 for work on the new water building. The monies will be paid through the state revolving loan fund.
• The board approved the write-off of $3,352 for uncollected 2017 water fees that resulted from a variety of reasons, such as bankruptcy and death.
• The board approved spending $5,285 for a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado for the maintenance and water crew; it will replace a 2006 Ford Ranger.
