Responding to a prior request from the Council President, City Administrator Greg Mims pegged the cost to the City for extending sewer lines southward along HWY 98 ( to the Key Allegro Subdivision) as $191,000-- and along HWY 181 (to the Silverwood Subdivision) as $29,500--not including the labor provided by City crews.
Mims went on to say there was only some "verbal interest" among residents to connecting to the HWY 181 project; but the owner of the Key Allegro mobile home park on HWY 98 has committed to paying the city about $80,000, donating land for a lift station, and connecting to all 70 of his lots (although he is in the process of selling out to his partner).
Council President Quinn expressed concern about the up-front costs: "I hate the city putting in pipe without formal paperwork to insure somebody's going to hook up. . . like to see more specific numbers."
Mayor Kant replied , "I'll be coming back at a later date with some numbers . . . and have a new plan I'll be submitting."
The Mayor also revealed for the first time work on the HWY 98 project has already begun (based on a previous Finance Committee vote to purchase only the materials needed); and construction would begin as soon as the state "signs off on erosion control devices we have to install."
Councilman Mixon: "One of the main purposes of this is for future growth to the south."
[Some controversy arose recently concerning these projects when the Mayor awarded the "no-bid" engineering contracts without the Council's (Finance Committee's) required prior approval. The Mayor later apologized for his "mistake."]
Responding to a prior request from the Council President, City Administrator Greg Mims pegged the cost to the City for extending sewer lines southward along HWY 98 ( to the Key Allegro Subdivision) as $191,000-- and along HWY 181 (to the Silverwood Subdivision) as $29,500--not including the labor provided by City crews.
Mims went on to say there was only some "verbal interest" among residents to connecting to the HWY 181 project; but the owner of the Key Allegro mobile home park on HWY 98 has committed to paying the city about $80,000, donating land for a lift station, and connecting to all 70 of his lots (although he is in the process of selling out to his partner).
Council President Quinn expressed concern about the up-front costs: "I hate the city putting in pipe without formal paperwork to insure somebody's going to hook up. . . like to see more specific numbers."
Mayor Kant replied , "I'll be coming back at a later date with some numbers . . . and have a new plan I'll be submitting."
The Mayor also revealed for the first time work on the HWY 98 project has already begun (based on a previous Finance Committee vote to purchase only the materials needed); and construction would begin as soon as the state "signs off on erosion control devices we have to install."
Councilman Mixon: "One of the main purposes of this is for future growth to the south."
[Some controversy arose recently concerning these projects when the Mayor awarded the "no-bid" engineering contracts without the Council's (Finance Committee's) required prior approval. The Mayor later apologized for his "mistake."]
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