The Trenton City Council awarded a contract for EDA grant administration services, opened bids for the Community Development Block Grant demo project and approved several bids during a meeting on Monday night.
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The Trenton City Council awarded a contract for EDA grant administration services, opened bids for the Community Development Block Grant demo project and approved several bids during a meeting on Monday night.
With Mayor Tim Whitaker and one city councilman absent, all votes were 7-0. Casting yes votes were Dr. Nick McHargue, Gary Black (who was serving as president pro-tem of the council in the absence of Whitaker), Kenneth Ewing, Don Peyton, Gary Hurst, Larry Crawford and Troy Smith. Absent was Jackie Soptic.
Green Hills Regional Planning Commission was awarded the contract to provide administration services for an Economic Development Administration grant the city has received for work on the Tinsman Avenue water/wastewater project. RPC will provide services to the city at a cost of $10,000, which will be paid for through the grant funds, which total $440,000.
The council accepted the low bid from Jerry Hostettler to demolish 24 homes as part of the city?s demolition grant project. The bid of $75,500 was accepted subject to verification of qualifications, including insurance and business license, as well as a review of documents. The acceptance of the bid also gave the city the right to allow for individual house bids to be accepted from the other bidders should it prove beneficial to the city. There were four bids received for the project, ranging from Hostettler?s $75,500 to a bid of $124,800 from Stevens Excavating.
Bids were also opened for asphalt cement, asphalt sand and asphalt rock for use by the city street department. Two bids were received for asphalt rock, with Hunt Midwest being the low and successful bidder at a cost of $8.75 per ton if the city picks the rock up or $10.35 per ton delivered.
One bid each was received for asphalt sand and asphalt cement. Trenton Sand will provide sand to the city at a cost of $5.35 per ton if the city picks it up or $6.55 delivered. The lone bid for asphalt cement came from Vance Brothers, who bid $198 per ton.
Councilmen were provided with a copy of the latest city audit, which was recently completed by the firm of Lockridge, Constant and Conrad. The council was asked to review the document for discussion and approval at a future meeting.
Also distributed were results of a survey taken of councilmen during a retreat held in December.
A copy of a letter to Mayor Whitaker was presented to the council, outlining plans by Classic Communications to increase cable rates, effective with the Feb. 21-March 20 billing month. Limited basic service costs will remain the same at $15.95, however, expanded basic cable will increase from $22.15 per month to $24. Customer using the cable system?s digital services will be charged an additional $1 per month.
The cable company said that increased costs from satellite service providers and cable operators is what has led to the increase in the local service.
The cable company announced that a $1 per month discount on cable bills can be achieved by customers using the system?s automatic payment program. A free month of cable services (excluding pay-per-view charges) can also be received if customers pay for their cable service 12 months in advance.
A report to the council showed that the amount of fuel sold by the city at the airport has increased in 2002 compared to 2001. According to city officials, AV gas sales increased from 3,741.1 gallons in 2001 to 6,485.5 gallons in 2002. Jet A fuel increased from 9,574.2 gallons in 2001 to 10,349.4 gallons in 2002.