The Administrative Committee of the Trenton City Council has approved a list of streets to be asphalted or chipped and sealed as part of the city’s summer street program.
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The Administrative Committee of the Trenton City Council has approved a list of streets to be asphalted or chipped and sealed as part of the city’s summer street program.
During a meeting Tuesday night, the committee reviewed a list of streets recommended for work by Street Supervisor Larry Griffin as well as streets suggested by councilmen. Just over $188,000 is scheduled to be spent on road work this summer, with much of the work being done by city street crews.
The largest project will take place on Lake Trenton Drive, where asphalt will be removed and replaced with a six-inch layer of hot mix asphalt. The project will be done in three stages and includes from Highway 6 to the dam, from the dam to the t-intersection and from the t-intersection to the cul-de-sac. Total cost of that project is estimated at $77,900, with the work to be done by the city.
Also being done by the city is hot mix overlay on four streets at a cost of $32,950. Those areas include Lulu Street, from 22nd Street to 28th Street and E. 28th Street, from Lulu Street to Mable Street, both of which will get a four-inch overlay; East Eighth Street, from Main Street to Washington Street, which will receive a three-inch overlay; and East 10th Street, from Main Street to Washington Street, which will receive a two-inch overlay.
City crews will also remove asphalt down to concrete on Grant Street, from Seventh Street to Ninth Street, and replace it with a three-inch overlay. The cost for that work is estimated at $8,100.
Seal-and-chip work to be done by city include Skinner Road, from Second Street to the city limits; First Street, from Highland Street to Skinner Road; Grandview, north, south and Crestview; Pleasant Plain, from Barnes Greenhouse to 40th Street; and West Fifth Street, from Wiggins Street to the entrance of the Rissler Elementary School. The cost for that work has been estimated at $10,750.
Seal-and-chip work to be done by a contractor is estimated to cost $58,980 and includes portions of eight streets. Those areas include Princeton Road, from 17th Street to 21st Street; Town and Country Lane; Country Club Place; Fourth Street, from Kitty Street west to the end; Fifth Street, from Kitty Street west to the end; 17th Street, from Chestnut to Oklahoma Avenue; Tinsman Avenue, from 10th Street to 11th Street; and Crowder Road, between Mable and Merrill streets and west, if bid price permits.
City Administrator Kerry Sampson said the chip-and-seal work being done by the city involves dust control while the contractor chip-and-seal project requires more extensive work as well as equipment the city does not have.
The street project list will go to the full council for its approval and will be included as part of the city budget when it is approved.
Sampson said the committee also recommended to the full council that it use federal monies the city has in reserve to do overlay and drainage work in the Kitty Street area. He noted that this project may not get done this year as special requirements will have to be followed because federal funds are being used, but that the city does plan to include the project as part of the budget process.
The committee discussed rental inspection issues, in particular a suggestion that inspections of rental properties be done once a year rather than each time occupancy of the property changes. Sampson said that he could find only one city that had used this process, but that the city, Moberly, is now doing the inspections in the same way as Trenton due to privacy concerns. Information from the Missouri Municipal League indicated the city would be required to obtain a warrant to go into a house for inspection should the occupant or property owner refuse. Sampson said it is unclear whether or not Trenton, as a third class city, could even do that.
The committee asked Sampson to continue researching what other cities do in regard to rental inspections as well as work on developing a data base of rental property owners. One of the problems the city has faced in the past, according to Sampson, is being unable to identify rental properties because owners place utilities in their own name rather than in the name of the renter.
Sampson said the committee plans to meet with a group of rental property owners who have also expressed an interest in this situation to help with the data base and have them assist in policing the situation. He noted that the renters who have been attending the meetings with the committee have been very cooperative and have followed the city’s rental requirements since they were instituted.
The committee agreed to go to Smithville on March 31 to observe a session of the city’s municipal court. The city is looking at options regarding operation of its municipal court, which is currently being done through the associate division of the Grundy County Circuit Court and held at the courthouse.
The committee also held a an executive session for personnel. No announcement was made.