By Sarah Richardson
The June meeting of the White Sulphur Springs City Council was held earlier in the month, with Councilmember Thomas Taylor reporting for the Planning and Zoning Committee that the second round of dilapidated structures being considered for demolition have been approved.
“We approved the second round of those to come down, we approved the bid on those. It’s a wonderful thing to drive through neighborhoods and see those eyesores finally gone and grass growing.”
He also noted that White Sulphur has “been plagued” with “a number of dogs” running at-large in the City. “We need to amend our ordinance on viscous dogs and dogs running at-large before someone gets hurt. These dogs, you can’t deal with them, you can’t break them up, you can’t get them off of another dog. We have a vicious dog ordinance, and we have a leash law in this city. We need to get with our city attorney to look at and amend these ordinances to protect our citizens.” He added that “this has to stop” before “something devastating happens.” During the citizen’s comment period, one woman approached the City to report that her dog was attacked by other out-of-control dogs while in their own yard, and she herself was even chased into her home. Living near the elementary school, she voiced concern for the safety of area children with violent dogs in the neighborhood.
Under infrastructure reports, Mayor Kathy Glover reported, “The Route 60 sewer project is now considered complete,” and said that Council can now vote on their final billing. Resolution 14 for the sewer project is $56,516.06, and E.L. Robinson’s Engineering services are $1,000, bringing the total to $57,516.06, which was approved unanimously.
She also explained that the wastewater chemical storage facility is now underway at the wastewater treatment plant, but the contractors have requested a 45-day extension due to some difficulty in acquiring needed parts for the project. They have already requested the extension from the Water and Sanitary Board earlier in the week. A wastewater treatment plant disinfection project payment of $160,497.75 was approved.
“For the storm drain project, we are in the procurement of legal services and right-of-way agents,” explained Mayor Glover. Council reviewed resumes for those interested in working for the project. After some discussion, Steptoe and Johnson was selected to serve as the legal representation, and West Virginia Infrastructure Services was selected to cover the right-of-ways.
In other news:
- The Mapledale Water Tank has entered the design phase.
- Councilmember Ryan Lockhart says they are “anxiously waiting” on the new leases for the new trucks for the municipality. “They should be in next month, or maybe even in the end of this month.”
