House of Friends After School Program Discussed at Owen City Council Meeting
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 -- 4:38 PM
-The Owen City Council heard about the House of Friends After School Program at their meeting on Tuesday of last week.Penny Funk, newly elected President of the House of Friends After School Program reported that the program has been going strong for 12 years now. Their newly elected Director is Don Wyeth. The program runs on Monday and Thursday and the council approved a $3,000 contribution to the program for 2014-2015 school year.
Mike Voss, of MSA Professional Services, reported that the tentative costs to upgrade Lift Station #1 are $540,000. Possible funding for the project could come from CDBG for $190,000 and Clean Water Fund Loan of $240,000. East 4th Street also needs new water and sewer mains. There could be a lot of I&I coming from E. 4th Street that causes overflowing at Lift Station #1 so the Sewer Commission will meet again on November 5th to decide which project takes priority.
Also, Mr. Voss reported that when the WWTF upgrade was going on, the City received an extra CDBG funding of $50,000 on a payout where they included materials on hand, which were already included in the pay request. The WDOA is allowing the City to keep the $50,000. The final amount from CDBG is $744,000.
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