Huntington is a step closer to an improved sewer system after city council Monday passed two ordinances allowing the mayor to proceed with improvements at the treatment plant. The council also heard the second of three readings of an ordnance to approve the purchase of $6.5 million in bonds for improvements of the sewer of the city.
The council unanimously approved two ordinances allowing Huntington Mayor Steve Williams to enter into contracts in behalf of the Huntington Sanitary Board to replace the effluent line and diffuser, and the replacement of the force main and septage receiving station at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Westmoreland.
The projects will cost over $1 million a piece, said Williams, and completed by Pipes Plus out of Nitro. After the issuing of bonds, the projects will take 270 days to complete. The mayor said the bonds are hoped to be issued by April.
Before the projects can proceed, the council will need to approve the city to issue $6.5 million in sewer revenue bonds. The council heard the second of three readings and will vote at the next meeting.
Williams said the problems are in extreme disrepair. The projects are not expected to raise prices for the community.
For other business, Huntington Police Chief Joe Ciccarelli announced the Police Officer of the Year for 2014, John Williams.
"Huntington took me in with open arms," Willaims said. "This is an honor but it pales in comparison to working with the fine men and women of the Huntington Police Department, the best department in the whole state."
Council approved one other ordinance and three resolutions during the meeting. The ordinance allows the city to change the city's third party administrator for its self-insured worker's compensation program. The change will save the city $3,600.
The resolutions authorized the commitment of Fiscal Year 2014 project funds for the Cabell-Huntington-Wayne Home Investment Trust, giving money to the Huntington WV Area Habitat for Humanity and the home buyer program, the approval for HPD to purchase a new utility vehicle, which will be reimbursed by the state, and a revision of the general fund budget.
The council also honored the YMCA's Kids in Motion program, which was started in Huntington in 2012. The program uses technology to make exercising more fun for children.
Williams will deliver his State of the City address to the council at 3 p.m. Feb. 17 in the council chambers. The next regular meeting of city council is scheduled for Feb. 23.
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