LAGRANGE â The town of LaGrange opened bids Thursday afternoon, moving it one step closer to building a new water treatment plant.
The bids ranged from a high of more than $9 million to a low of $6.9 million. Holly Miller, a DLZ project manager assisting the town with the project, took those bids under advisement. Miller will return to LaGrange Monday night to report back to town board members. Based on Millerâs recommendations, the board will award a bid to one contractor to build the new water plant.
LaGrange officials have been talking about building a new town water treatment plant for more than a decade, but the conversation got serious about two and half years ago, said Ray Hoover, the town board president. With a new proposed 30-unit senior apartment complex apparently coming to town, and several other businesses reaching out to LaGrange officials with proposals to housing and new manufacturing plants, Hoover said the town needs to build this new water plant to mee
LAGRANGE â The LaGrange Town Board has hired a new fire chief.
The board voted Monday night to name Jeremy Edwards, a long-time member of the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department, the departmentâs new chief.
Edwards replaces Dave Elick who resigned last month as fire chief after his employer made changes to Elickâs job.
Elick said those changes made it impossible for him to continue as chief.
Edwards was one of four people to apply for the position. LaGrange Town Board President Ray Hoover said the board had good interviews with all four candidates. Edwards will fill out the remaining 19 months left on Elickâs contract. At that point, the town will review his performance in the position.
LAGRANGE â Homeowners disposing of household grease by pouring it down their drains are causing real problems for the town of LaGrange and its wastewater treatment plant.
Members of the LaGrange Town Board Monday night heard Catlyn Helmuth, the operator of the townâs wastewater plant, ask them to approve sending out a reminder to wastewater treatment customers asking them not to pour grease down household drains, and not dispose of hygiene products and so-called flushable wipes by flushing them down their toilets.
âThose items might be flushable, but they arenât biodegradable,â said Mark Eagleson, LaGrange town manager.
Those items more often than not have to be fished out of the system once they arrive at wastewater plant. But they also plug and clog pumps, pipes and grinders used to move the solid waste from homes to the wastewater treatment plant.