The Plymouth City Council approved the services of New Avenues to provide an employee assistance program.
City Attorney Sean Surrisi said the program is quite beneficial to employees.
Printer Error Leads to Water Bill Waiver
The Plymouth City Council agreed to waive fees associated with a printer error when water bills were sent out this month.
Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver explained that the machine that feeds the water bills into the envelopes for mailing accidentally inserted more than one resident’s bill into a limited number of envelopes.
Plymouth City Council Approves Firefighter/Paramedics Salary Increase
Plymouth Fire Chief Rod Miller and council member Don Ecker, Jr. presented information to the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety and the Plymouth City Council members Monday night about the need for more full-time firefighters and paramedics.
Chief Miller said he’s having trouble maintaining staff members. Pay for full-time firefighters is not competitive with surrounding communities to entice personnel to stay. Information given to the board showed Plymouth as one of the lowest paying fire departments in the area.
Plymouth BOW, City Council to Meet Tonight
The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members will open bids for the signalization improvements at the Oakhill/Soice intersection when they meet tonight. Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt will present 2017 sidewalk projects for the ADA transition plan and discuss a sidewalk request at 801 S. Michigan Street. City Attorney Sean Surrisi will present a memo for the Schuh Ditch hydrologic and hydraulic study proposal for engineering services.
Plymouth City Council Approves Tax Abatement
A Plymouth business will be expanding.
Officials with Farm Innovators, Inc. and the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation appeared before the Plymouth City Council Monday night to request a seven-year, real property tax phase-in in order to expand the business. The company is an agribusiness leader in the deicer and heated products market.
Plymouth Board of Works and City Council to Meet Tonight
Members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety will meet tonight to award a quote for a new truck chassis with a dump bed. They will also consider two sidewalk requests. Officials with the P-town Cruz’n Car Show have submitted a request for parking restrictions during the event and that will be reviewed by the board members. They will meet at 6 p.m. ET tonight.
Plymouth Council Formally Establishes Tennis Court Fund
The Centennial Park Tennis Court project took a big step forward this week. No comments were offered during a Monday night public hearing on the establishment of a dedicated fund for the project. The city has pledged $750,000 toward the construction of new tennis courts. Half of the money will come from the capital improvement fund and the other half from cumulative capital development. Continue reading
Plymouth Council Sets Up Tennis Court Fund
Money allocated for new tennis courts in Centennial Park will be placed in a special fund established Monday night by the Plymouth City Council. They set up the Tennis Court Project Fund to accommodate public and private donations pledged toward the project and fund design work. Continue reading
Plymouth Council Could Set Retiree Hangun Policy Tonight
Plymouth officials could formally adopt a policy to allow retired police officers to purchase their service weapons when they meet tonight. An ordinance to do so is on the city council’s agenda for second and third reading. Continue reading
Plymouth Considers Policy for Retiree Weapons
The City of Plymouth could soon have a formal policy in place to allow the transfer of service weapons to officers who retire from their police force. Continue reading
Plymouth Code Enforcement Officer Keeps Tabs on Tall Grass
Plymouth residents for the most part are heeding warnings from the city’s code enforcement officer to keep their grass cut. Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt says the city has already mowed a dozen or so lawns. When they do, the property owner is charged $35 per hour, with a minimum of two hours billed. Cleanup of junk or trash costs extra. Continue reading
Monday – Plymouth Board of Works to Award Water Project Contracts
The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety will award contracts for the Ledyard Water Treatment project when they meet this evening. Continue reading
Plymouth Board of Works to Award Capital Project Contracts
The Plymouth Board of Public Works will award several contracts for the wastewater treatment plant improvement project when they meet this evening. Bids were opened and taken under advisement two weeks ago for the Ledyard Water Treatment Plant, water main extension and Ledyard Water Treatment Plant storage building. The board will also approve the signing of contracts with Midwestern Engineers for the project. Continue reading
Plymouth Mayor Delivers State of The City Address
Plymouth Positive – that was the theme for Mayor Mark Senter’s annual State of the City address last evening. He touted last summer’s dedication of the River Park Center, the recent completion of the Metronet project, plans for Phase 2 of the Greenway Trail and economic development initiatives in his speech to the city council. Continue reading
Plymouth Mayor to Deliver State of the City Address
Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter will deliver his annual State of the City address this evening. The State of the Youth Council address will also be offered during tonight’s city council meeting. It starts at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers. Continue reading
Street Parking Creates Problems During Snow Situations
Inoperable cars parked on the sides of city streets create a hazard for snow plow drivers trying to clear roads. That topic was raised during Monday’s Plymouth City Council meeting. Mayor Mark Senter told the council he’s reached out to the mayors in other communities to gather information about their snow emergency route parking policies. Some restrict parking to even or odd numbered sides of the street to give plows room to work. Residents are asked to please move their cars if possible so roads can be cleared.
Senter Presents Key to City to Former Mayor’s Family
A longtime Marshall County elected official now has a key to the City of Plymouth from the current administration. Mayor Mark Senter visited recently with former Mayor Jack Greenlee and made a presentation to his family during last night’s city council meeting. Continue reading
GIS Data Contract Approved for Plymouth Trail Project
The Marshall County Commissioners have approved a measure to help the City of Plymouth move forward with the Greenway Trail.
City Attorney Sean Surrisi told the commissioners last week that the city is attempting to complete phase two of the grant-funded project. Officials with SEH Engineering need GIS data in order to continue with the design work.
“In order for them to prepare the plans, they would like to have some GIS data for that area,” explained Surrisi. “We’ve made a similar request before and we were able to put together a contract where we signed off and said we were guaranteeing that the contractors were just going to use the information for this project and not for any other commercial purposes.”
