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Page A—2 Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020
New water meters in city’s capital project plans
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New radio-powered water meters,
design plans to move the public works
maintenance yard and a new street
sweeper are among the City of Shel-
ton’s Public Works capital projects
budgeted for 2021.
Jay Harris, the city’s public works
director, gave a presentation on the
projects Tuesday evening at a regular
meeting of the Shelton City Council.
The proposed budget calls for $1.7
million to replace 3,867 brass water
meters with new Sensus iPerl water
meters. ‘
The meters currently are read
manually every month using aging
equipment, Harris said. The new me-
ters will have a radio sending unit
and a disc antenna that will transit
CITY BRIEFS
City'projects $2.5M savings
by consolidating debts
water use data to the city’s finance de-
partment. Customers will be able to
monitor their water use online, Har-
ris said. .
“Our goal is to get a full radio read
system,” he said.
Water and sewer funds will pay for
the new meters.
The city’s street sweeper is more
than 11 years old, and maintenance
costs are increasing. The city propos-
es to spend $315,000 for a new sweep-
.er to maintain more than 118 miles of
paved streets.
The money will come from the city
equipment maintenance and repair
fund.
The city proposes spending
$600,000 to help move from the city’s
2-acre parks and public works main-
tenance yard on West Pine Street to
city—owned property on the southwest
the city’s finance director.
and close on Oct. 28.
at the meeting.
The Shelton City Council gave preliminary
agreement Tuesday evening to combining seven
debts into a single payment projected to save the
city a little more than $2.5 million.
The council at its regular meeting unanimously
agreed to move the resolution forward for action at
its Oct. 6 meeting.
Consolidating the seven debt payments will low-
er interest rates and shorten the duration of several
bonds by five to seven years, said Aaron BeMiller,
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The bonds are scheduled to go on sale Oct. 14,
No one spoke at a public hearing on the measure
Original artwork sought
for Civic Center gallery
Professional and amateur artists who live in
Washington and work in two- and three-dimension—
al media are invited to apply to have their work
displayed at the Shelton Arts Commission Civic
Center Rotating Art Gallery.
corner of Shelton Springs Road and
East Wallace Kneeland Boulevard.
Some of the 21 acres sits under power
lines.
The city reports it has outgrown
the Pine Street site. The relocation
project will be spread out over 10
years, and is designed to meet the
city’s needs for 75 years and beyond,
according to the city report. The first
phase will include preparing the land
and adding fencing and lighting, Har-
ris said. The city can use the land
under the power lines for storage, he
said.
The proposed budget includes
$296,000 for consultant work on the
Sewer Comprehensive Plan. Produc—
tion of the plan was began last year,
and is expected to be completed in
.2021. The plan would replace the
2013 study, and provide the city with
a 20-year plan to follow.
The capital projects budget calls
for $30,000 to hire a consultant to
complete a pre-design report to study
the removal of the gravity sewer main
that extends from the Front Street lift
station, through Goldsborough Creek,
to the Kneeland Park station. >
Other proposed projects are new
membrane plant filters at the satellite
treatment plant for $450,000, and re—
placing the water pipe from the city’s
well No. 1 to the high school tank for
$1,173,000.
The proposed budget calls for
$450,000 toward-the cleanup of the
city’s toxic former C Street landfill.
Once the public had ‘had a chance to
comment on the project, Aspect Con-
sulting will help the city with nego—
tiations with the state Department of
Ecology for the cleanup action.
Oct. 2 is the deadline to apply. The works will be
exhibited from Nov. 3 to Jan. 29.
All work must be original and created solely
by the artist. All two-dimensional work must be
mounted or framed and ready to hang. ‘Wire must
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be mounted one-third of distance from the top of
the frames; no sawtooth or cloth hangers. All work
must be a minimum of 11 inches.
Applications are available on the city’s website.
For more information, contact Jordanne Krumpols
of the City of Shelton Arts Commission at 360-432-
5106 or jordanne.krumpols@shelton.wa.gov.
The gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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