The county’s solid waste transfer station and the future home of the DeKalb Animal Coalition’s new shelter will soon have access to water.
The City of Smithville began installing a waterline to the site Monday morning.
The aldermen Monday night adopted a Memorandum of Understanding between the city and county to be signed by County Mayor Tim Stribling and Smithville Mayor Jimmy Poss which specifies terms of the agreement.
County Mayor Stribling asked County Attorney Hilton Conger to prepare the Memorandum which was sent to Mayor Poss. During Monday night’s meeting, Mayor Poss asked the aldermen for a vote on the agreement saying City Attorney Vester Parsley had reviewed it.
Under the agreement the city is installing a 12 inch water line from near Tenneco Automotive further into the industrial park along Moog Boulevard, a city street which the county will be extending and paving. The city will also connect a six inch line to the 12 inch line to service the county’s transfer station and the new animal shelter.
The county is paying $15,000 while the city is footing the bill for the remainder of the project costs.
The Memorandum of Understanding states as follows:
“Whereas, the County has constructed a transfer station for the collection of household garbage located in the City’s Industrial Park and in conjunction therewith the County has extended the city street (Moog Boulevard) to the site of the transfer station and,
Whereas, the City has agreed to extend the City’s waterline (the 12 inch main line and 6 inch line to the transfer station) and the County has agreed to pay for a portion of the cost.
“Now, therefore, the City and County do agree that the County will pay and the City will accept the sum of $15,000 as the County’s total contribution toward the cost of extending the City’s waterlines, both the 12 inch and 6 inch to the County’s transfer station and collection site. This will include water taps, meters, and all water line connections to the existing connections provided during construction to all the County’s transfer station buildings to provide water necessary for the operation of said transfer station”.
In other business, the aldermen Monday night approved the dates and times of all regular meetings of the Smithville Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the year 2016. All meetings will be the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at city hall except for July and September when the meeting dates will be the second Monday at 6 p.m.