By Angie Birdsall
Special to the Journal
Constantine Village Council on Monday approved an engineering service agreement presented by Fleis & VandenBrink engineers Jeff Pugh, Joe Benjamin and Liz Girgen.
Process manager Pugh said the village s new sewer plant is expected to be up and running by January 2024.
Pugh said engineering and legal expenses for the new plant could cost up to $1 million in the next year. The village recently obtained a bond anticipation note to cover the amount, which will be repaid through a $13.3 million USDA loan. The interest rate is 1.5 percent for the 40-year USDA loan.
The wastewater treatment facility in Constantine was close in 1997 and sends effluent to the wastewater treatment plant in Three Rivers.
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Constantine Village Council on April 5 discussed how to protect the village in a lawsuit filed by The Dude Abides, a medical/recreational marijuana provisioning center.
Village manager Mark Honeysett said the provisioning center seeks a preliminary injunction to effectively cancel a May 4 referendum election.
The referendum prohibits recreational marijuana sales in the village.
Named in the lawsuit are St. Joseph county clerk Lindsay Oswald, township clerk Ed Strobel and village clerk Cindy LaFluer.
The lawsuit does not seek any penalty or monetary compensation.
Honeysett said neither LaFluer nor the village should be named in a lawsuit, as they played no part in the referendum or election process.
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