The Plymouth Board of Works will award a bid for mill and fill work when they meet this evening. Projects included in the bid specifications include work at the south entrance to Centennial Park and on the two short streets to the cemetery. The city received five bids for the work, ranging from a low of $488,000 to a high of more than $696,000. Continue reading
The City of Plymouth will pick up grass clippings and a branch or two from residential yards but will not haul off waste from professional contractors. Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt says doing so costs the city too much money. He adds it’s still a perennial fight with some property owners. Marquardt told the board of works this week a resident asked him why the city cut down a chipped a tree two blocks from her house but couldn’t do hers. He explained the tree the street department cleared was owned by the city. Continue reading
The Plymouth Board of Works hopes to award a bid for mill and fill work at the south entrance to Centennial Park and on the two short streets to the cemetery at their next meeting. They received five bids for the work, ranging from a low of $488,000 to a high of more than $696,000. Those bids are under advisement. Continue reading
The Plymouth Board of Works and Common Council will discuss a conflict of interest disclosure for a government officials during their respective meetings this evening. Counclman Mike Delp owns Plymouth-based Michiana Contracting, Inc., which was awarded the bid for the storage building at the Ledyard Water Treatment Plant. State law requires a conflict of interest disclosure be filed within 15 days. The complete text of the law can be found at http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/archive/2013/ic/2013/title36/ar1/ch21.pdf Continue reading
The City of Plymouth can proceed with bond financing and refinancing plans after action last night by the council. They approved the issuance of waterworks revenue bonds to cover the cost of improvements to municipal waterworks as well as the refinancing of the 2008 city sewage works revenue bonds. Continue reading
Plymouth Fire Chief Rodney Miller has the blessing of the board of public works to hire a firefighter/paramedic to fill a position that’s been open since November. They unanimously approved his request to extend a conditional offer of employment to Kimberly Ursa of Culver. Continue reading
