July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Dunkirk forum scheduled (01/13/2009)
By By ROBERT BANSER-
DUNKIRK - A follow-up community forum regarding efforts to revitalize Dunkirk's downtown is scheduled for later this month, Jay County Community Development director Ami Huffman told city council members Monday night.
Several small group work sessions and an open community forum were held in the fall to begin the planning process under the direction of Huffman and the Muncie land planning/urban design consulting firm Rundell Ernstberger Associates LLC.
Dunkirk was awarded a $50,000 state planning grant in the spring to undertake downtown revitalization, and Huffman said the upcoming forum will focus on ideas which were presented at the earlier sessions.
The forum will be held Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the West Jay Community Center, 125 Hoover St., Dunkirk, Huffman said.
Also at Monday night's council session, Huffman noted that work is continuing to complete the new Dunkirk fire station and Jay Emergency Medical Services ambulance facility in the Dunkirk Industrial Park on the city's northeast side. Huffman said she expects to announce plans for a grand opening celebration soon.
In other action at Monday's meeting council members:
•Heard a report from Judy Garr, council member in charge of the water department, that unless weather conditions improve dramatically, the water bills for the month of February will have to be estimated.
•Listened to a request from the Carefree Apartments Complex on Leisure Lane for assistance in paying for water line repairs which occurred last year. A contractor discovered that part of the problem occurred on the city's side of the water meter, Garr said.
She recommended that the city reimburse Carefree Apartments for $2,800 of the approximately $4,000 spent on the project, and council members agreed to do so.
•Approved a transfer of $63,500 from the water utility operating fund to the water utility depreciation for capital improvements fund, erasing a deficit in that fund and leaving the depreciation fund with a $19,600 surplus. This move was also done at the recommendation of Garr.
•Agreed to increase the amount of money charged by the city's wastewater treatment plant for accepting liquid from companies pumping out septic tanks from two cents a gallon to four cents a gallon. Wastewater plant superintendent Tim Kesler said the increase would bring Dunkirk's charges more in line with those of other communities.[[In-content Ad]]
Several small group work sessions and an open community forum were held in the fall to begin the planning process under the direction of Huffman and the Muncie land planning/urban design consulting firm Rundell Ernstberger Associates LLC.
Dunkirk was awarded a $50,000 state planning grant in the spring to undertake downtown revitalization, and Huffman said the upcoming forum will focus on ideas which were presented at the earlier sessions.
The forum will be held Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the West Jay Community Center, 125 Hoover St., Dunkirk, Huffman said.
Also at Monday night's council session, Huffman noted that work is continuing to complete the new Dunkirk fire station and Jay Emergency Medical Services ambulance facility in the Dunkirk Industrial Park on the city's northeast side. Huffman said she expects to announce plans for a grand opening celebration soon.
In other action at Monday's meeting council members:
•Heard a report from Judy Garr, council member in charge of the water department, that unless weather conditions improve dramatically, the water bills for the month of February will have to be estimated.
•Listened to a request from the Carefree Apartments Complex on Leisure Lane for assistance in paying for water line repairs which occurred last year. A contractor discovered that part of the problem occurred on the city's side of the water meter, Garr said.
She recommended that the city reimburse Carefree Apartments for $2,800 of the approximately $4,000 spent on the project, and council members agreed to do so.
•Approved a transfer of $63,500 from the water utility operating fund to the water utility depreciation for capital improvements fund, erasing a deficit in that fund and leaving the depreciation fund with a $19,600 surplus. This move was also done at the recommendation of Garr.
•Agreed to increase the amount of money charged by the city's wastewater treatment plant for accepting liquid from companies pumping out septic tanks from two cents a gallon to four cents a gallon. Wastewater plant superintendent Tim Kesler said the increase would bring Dunkirk's charges more in line with those of other communities.[[In-content Ad]]
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