Bourbon Town Council Considers Contract with Hyper Wave Technologies for Wireless Internet Service Installation

A proposal from the internet service provider Hyper Wave Technologies was presented during Tuesday night’s Bourbon Town Council meeting.

Clerk-Treasurer Kimberly Berger said representatives submitted a request for equipment installation. Berger explained, “They asked the council about putting equipment up on our water tower to offer wireless internet service to the people in town and out in our township.”

Council members agreed to the proposal, pending the town attorney’s decision once he reviews the contract and procedures. Continue reading

Bourbon Town Council Approves Bid for Community Crossings Projects

The certified bid tabulation for Bourbon’s Community Crossings Grant was presented at last Tuesday’s town council meeting.

Joshua Padgett from the architecture and engineering firm Jones, Petrie, Rafinksi presented four bids to council members. The bids came from the companies Phend & Brown Inc, E&B Paving, Rieth-Riley Construction and Niblock Excavating. Continue reading

Bourbon Town Council Unable to Open Community Crossings Bids Due to Date Mix-up

Bourbon Town council members were expecting to open Community Crossings bids when they met Tuesday night. However, according to Clerk-Treasurer Kimberly Berger, the bids were not available due to a miscommunication.

She explained, “We did not receive any bids, [we] did find out that JPR sent out to the contractors a different date than what was advertised.”

JPR stands for Jones, Petrie and Rafinkski, the engineering and architecture firm working with the town. Clerk-Treasurer Berger said that they’re currently doing what they can to reconcile the mistake. Continue reading

Bourbon Homeowners Still Have Time to Sign-up For the Christmas Decoration Contest

One perk to the sun setting sooner around this time of year is having more time to appreciate the decorations and lights that people put up in their yards and on their houses.

One local community is hosting a decoration contest during the month of December to decipher whose homes best capture the holiday spirit. The town of Bourbon will be holding their Christmas decoration contest now until Monday, December 18th. Continue reading