The City Council met on Thursday, July 11th with everyone present except Mayor Shaud Schwarzbach
Leslie Gregory reported the Big Sandy Swimming Pool Inspector showed up for a surprise visit and inspection. Historically, the pool was grandfathered for not meeting the requirements at the beginning because of the age of the pool. We are required to maintain an eight-hour water exchange; which means the water in the pool must all be taken out of the pool every eight hours. A couple of years ago we were at an 11- hour rate, which at the time they gave a warning that we needed to fix it. This last week we were at an 18-hour exchange rate and she said we had to fix the problem. She said we couldn't continue to ignore it. The problem is all the water pipes are under the pool. To create new pipes and to connect it to the input vale would mostly crack the old cement and destroy the pool. So, it is hoped that they will continue to give us warnings, if not the next time they come in and discover the exchange rate continue to get lower they may just shut the pool down.
They are also researching a new custom-made slide. It has to be custom-made because none other fits the small size of pool. They also have money from the Lippard/Clawiter Foundation Grant that they gave for Big Sandy to use for our pool.
There was a move to accept the Substantial Completion for the Water Project, but not after a lengthy discussion. They spend a lot of time making sure that it was in fact completed and that the funds whether from grant or loans were being appropriately spent. The Substantial Completion has a one year guarantee.
The city needs to hire another engineer who will help Big Sandy for any future project. For this reason, an RFQ for an engineer five-year contract have been requested. They received three applications
There will be no primary election on September 15th because the only person running for the City Council is Rich Jespersen, unless someone wants to run as a write in candidate.
If your lawn is over 12 inches tall you will receive a letter stating it needs to be mowed and the consequences if you don't.
The city council is still looking at the legal issues concerning the new Water Ordinance.
