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
The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety will award contracts for the Ledyard Water Treatment project when they meet this evening. Continue reading
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 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 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
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.
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
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.”
