July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Geneva gets $485,000 grant (11/11/04)
Town wins drainage grant on second try
GENEVA — It took two tries, but they got it.
Geneva town officials announced Tuesday that they received a $485,000 Community Focus Fund grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce.
The town’s first attempt for the grant, which will help fund a $600,000 project to alleviate drainage problems for residents living on Winchester Road in Geneva, was denied in June.
Town officials learned Nov. 4 that their second request was granted, according to information presented at Tuesday’s town council meeting.
The project, which will add a new sewer line, is slated to begin at the intersection of Winchester Road and Spring Street and travel south on Winchester Road. The sewer line then will travel west on Harrison Street to Richfield Lane. The sewer line then will curve southwest on Richfield Lane, travel around Brenda Stump’s property, located at 206 Richfield Lane, and continue south under West Line Street, where it will connect with a proposed open drain and an existing storm drain tile.
In related news, engineers for the project, Vince Sommers and Mark Sullivan from Commonwealth Engineering of Indianapolis, reviewed the project Tuesday.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan said Wednesday that the town is hoping that construction can begin in April 2005.
Commonwealth is planning to prepare the town’s bid package for council review and approval at its December or January meetings, Milligan added.
Also Tuesday, Milligan reported a company from Chicago, Ill. has agreed to purchase the former GSI Group Inc. building, located at 600 High St. in Geneva. He said the company is scheduled to take ownership of the property this week.
He declined to release the name of the company, which specializes in assembly, light manufacturing and distribution of college dormitory furniture. Production will be mainly during summer months, Milligan said.
The building has been for sale since late 2003.
In other business, board members agreed to take part in the Conservation Reserve Program with the National Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Approximately 30 acres of town-owned property, located at the east edge of Geneva near the wastewater treatment plant, will be involved in the 10-year agreement.
The land is currently being farmed.
The town will be paid to grow natural grasses on the land, Milligan said.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Approved a $6,172 sidewalk and curb repair project to the southeast and northeast corners at the intersection of Line Street and U.S. 27.
The current curbs and partial sidewalks are in bad shape, causing drainage problems and are not handicap accessible, town manager Steve Hampshire said Wednesday.
The town hired CLS Construction of Geneva for the project.
•Voted to donate $500 to the Adams County Council on Aging and the South Adams Senior Citizens Center, both of Berne. The funds will be used to pay wages for two employees who currently answer phone calls from senior citizens needing the center’s van service in southern Adams County.
•Heard Hampshire report the town received 30 tons of salt to apply to the streets this winter for $1,410.
The price increased about $1 per ton from 2003 prices.
•Heard a meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. to review results from building inspection of the Geneva Public Library.
This inspection was funded by a DOC Community Focus Fund Planning Grant.
•Announced their next meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
Geneva town officials announced Tuesday that they received a $485,000 Community Focus Fund grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce.
The town’s first attempt for the grant, which will help fund a $600,000 project to alleviate drainage problems for residents living on Winchester Road in Geneva, was denied in June.
Town officials learned Nov. 4 that their second request was granted, according to information presented at Tuesday’s town council meeting.
The project, which will add a new sewer line, is slated to begin at the intersection of Winchester Road and Spring Street and travel south on Winchester Road. The sewer line then will travel west on Harrison Street to Richfield Lane. The sewer line then will curve southwest on Richfield Lane, travel around Brenda Stump’s property, located at 206 Richfield Lane, and continue south under West Line Street, where it will connect with a proposed open drain and an existing storm drain tile.
In related news, engineers for the project, Vince Sommers and Mark Sullivan from Commonwealth Engineering of Indianapolis, reviewed the project Tuesday.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan said Wednesday that the town is hoping that construction can begin in April 2005.
Commonwealth is planning to prepare the town’s bid package for council review and approval at its December or January meetings, Milligan added.
Also Tuesday, Milligan reported a company from Chicago, Ill. has agreed to purchase the former GSI Group Inc. building, located at 600 High St. in Geneva. He said the company is scheduled to take ownership of the property this week.
He declined to release the name of the company, which specializes in assembly, light manufacturing and distribution of college dormitory furniture. Production will be mainly during summer months, Milligan said.
The building has been for sale since late 2003.
In other business, board members agreed to take part in the Conservation Reserve Program with the National Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Approximately 30 acres of town-owned property, located at the east edge of Geneva near the wastewater treatment plant, will be involved in the 10-year agreement.
The land is currently being farmed.
The town will be paid to grow natural grasses on the land, Milligan said.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Approved a $6,172 sidewalk and curb repair project to the southeast and northeast corners at the intersection of Line Street and U.S. 27.
The current curbs and partial sidewalks are in bad shape, causing drainage problems and are not handicap accessible, town manager Steve Hampshire said Wednesday.
The town hired CLS Construction of Geneva for the project.
•Voted to donate $500 to the Adams County Council on Aging and the South Adams Senior Citizens Center, both of Berne. The funds will be used to pay wages for two employees who currently answer phone calls from senior citizens needing the center’s van service in southern Adams County.
•Heard Hampshire report the town received 30 tons of salt to apply to the streets this winter for $1,410.
The price increased about $1 per ton from 2003 prices.
•Heard a meeting will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. to review results from building inspection of the Geneva Public Library.
This inspection was funded by a DOC Community Focus Fund Planning Grant.
•Announced their next meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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