GARRETT â Plans are moving forward to open the Garrett City Pool this summer.
Work has begun this week to dismantle the large, blue slide at the city pool in order for a new slide to be installed this spring, according to Parks Superintendent Eric Mossberger.
The city is taking applications for lifeguards and will train them for the season, with the mindset that the pool will be open this year. Applications can be made at City Hall or on the cityâs webpage.
City Planner Milton Otero told the Board of Works Tuesday the 2021 Boundary and Annexation Survey paper maps have been updated and submitted. Savings from 2019 and 2020 Community Crossings Matching Grants will be submitted as a change order to the Indiana Department of Transportation, reflecting new amounts.
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Leaders of Garrett, Hamilton and Waterloo described their goals for 2021 this week for the DeKalb Chamber Partnershipâs video conference, âDeKalb Vision 2021: Cities and Towns.â
Garrett Mayor Todd Fiandt noted that his city gained approximately 400 people in the past decade to reach a population of 6,651 in the 2020 census. The city also added 12 new businesses last year.
To promote more growth, the city is working to extend water lines to new residential areas on its south side and build sewer and water mains to property in its industrial park.
Fiber-optic broadband from Auburn Essential Services is being installed to residential areas, starting in newer south-side neighborhoods.
GARRETT — An unpaid bill dating back to May 2014 to process sludge at the Auburn Wastewater Plant was presented to the Garrett Board of Works for payment Tuesday.