City eyes wastewater plant updates; $24M work could be ready by Jan. 2024
By John Hamilton - jhamilton@wnewsj.com
In back, Councilmembers Kristi Fickert, left, and Kelsey Swindler listen to, in foreground, Public Works Director Rick Schaffer, left, and Safety/Service Director Brian Shidaker as they give updates about the wastewater treatment plant at Public Works Committee meeting on Thursday.
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WILMINGTON Major updates and upgrades are on the horizon for the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
At Thursday’s Wilmington City Council meeting, members held the first reading of an ordinance authorizing Safety/Service Director Brian Shidaker “to approve the selection of the Progressive Design-Build Team,” according to the resolution.
Cemetery levy set for city’s November ballot
By John Hamilton - jhamilton@wnewsj.com
Andrew Wysong, fifth from the left, is joined by fellow firefighters/EMT, city officials, and loved ones after getting sworn in as the newest member of the Wilmington Fire Department at Thursday’s city council meeting.
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Andrew Wysong is sworn in as Wilmington’s newest firefighter/EMT by Mayor John Stanforth at Thursday’s Wilmington City Council meeting.
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WILMINGTON A tax levy for the city’s cemetery will appear on the November ballot.
At Thursday’s meeting, Wilmington City Council approved a resolution for a one-mill levy to help maintain and operate Sugar Grove Cemetery.
City officials hear presentation on general fund and large projects
By John Hamilton - jhamilton@wnewsj.com
Mayor John Stanforth, right, shakes hands with Dan Evers after presenting him with a proclamation for Economic Development Week at Thursday’s Wilmington City Council meeting. Evers is executive director of the Clinton County Port Authority, one of the entities cited by Stanforth as responsible for economic development in the county. Stanforth also called Evers a “vital asset” to the community.
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WILMINGTON Officials got a glance at how the general fund could help with large city projects at Thursday’s Wilmington City Council meeting.
Grant for Law Library saves county money
WILMINGTON The Clinton County Law Library was recently awarded a grant which will save the county money.
Clinton County Law Librarian Martha Worstine wrote a grant for technology improvements offered by the statewide Consortium of County Law LibraryResource Boards (CCLLRB) in Columbus to all 88 county law libraries.
The grant request was for a new photocopier for this law library to replace one which is eight years old.
The local Clinton County Law Library Resources Board members Lauren Raizk, Brian Shidaker, Brett Rudduck, John Porter and Mary Ann Foland voted and approved the proposed grant and it was submitted in February. The Law Library received notice April 19 that it had been awarded $3,202 for the specific purchase of a new photocopier.
City will pay over $1.8M of Rombach work; hope is for access to American Rescue Plan Act funds
By John Hamilton - jhamilton@wnewsj.com
WILMINGTON Despite much frustration, Wilmington City Council agreed the city will pay over $1.8 million of the huge upcoming Rombach Avenue project.
At a special council meeting on Tuesday night, Safety/Service Director Brian Shidaker informed council he received an estimate and bids for the massive Rombach Avenue project.
The final estimate from the Ohio Department of Transportation was that the project would cost “shy of $7.2 million.”
However, the lowest bid the city received from contractors was over $9 million, much higher than what the city had budgeted for.