Next steps on a pickleball and tennis court resurfacing project were recently discussed by the Washington City Council.
The city recently received a $5,000 grant from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation for the project, which the council had a couple votes on whether to approve submitting a grant application. City Administrator Brent Hinson mentioned the grant during his department report, and he asked if an action item on the project could be put on the June 1st meeting agenda. Hinson says the expected city investment is about $20,000 to renovate the existing tennis courts near Case Field into dual purpose courts for pickleball. A community group spearheading the project received a bid of $57,975 from LL Pelling, Co. for this work, which they have received various contributions to fund, including $10,000 commitments from the Washington, Iowa Betterment Foundation and the Brinton Trust. Hinson mentioned that they did not receive a $25,000 Wellmark grant which they applied for
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The Washington City Council recently approved the site plans for two facility projects from a non-profit organization and the Washington Community School District.
The council approved the major site plan for Hospice of Washington County pending the city engineer’s verification, and the minor site plan for the district’s redesign of Stewart Elementary’s south parking area, as per the city’s planning and zoning commission’s recommendation. Hospice plans to remove the old southern portion of their existing building which contains their basement, adding a stormwater retention basin as well as expanding the north side of their facility and adding a larger parking area to accommodate the growing need for services.
The Washington City Council approved items for the formation of an emergency medical services unit during their most recent meeting.
Following the council’s previous approval to submit an application to the Iowa Department of Public Health to authorize the unit, Fire Chief Brendan DeLong presented recommendations from the EMS study committee and purchase requests for the council’s approval, including that the service would likely consist of about 20 members, requiring that all members would have to receive Emergency Medical Responder training at a minimum, and that EMS volunteers be paid per-call in the same manner as firefighters, and at the same level of pay. The unit’s start-up equipment costs are about $7,526, which the city has already budgeted for. DeLong is also going to seek state and local bids to purchase a second crew cab pickup truck for additional EMS and firefighter transport, estimated to cost $40,000. City Administrator Brent Hinson says this purchase will be m
The City of Washington is continuing to negotiate on expanded hours of service at its yard waste center.
The center’s current hours are 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 7-10 a.m. on six Saturdays each in the spring and fall. After City Council Member Steven Gault requested at a previous council meeting that the city staff expand hours, City Administrator Brent Hinson and Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Jason Whisler proposed during this week’s meeting that during the same weeks in the fall they are open on Saturdays, they would stay open until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. Hinson explained that this would keep them with a fully supervised site, and would not present any additional expense for physical improvements on the site. The Saturdays they plan to be open this fall are October 16th, 23rd, and 30th and November 6th, 13th, and 20th.