Lacking a quorum, Aldermen Adam Howe, Lou Breshears, Eric Flores, plus Mayor Eddie Simon and several City of Warsaw employees met on Monday eve, March 4 at 6:00 PM to hear Administrator Randy Pogue and City Engineer Charlie Page discuss a proposed $30 million plan for Main Street improvements and several other additional upgrades in other areas of the city. City Clerk Jessica Kendall recorded the session. Aldermen absent were Rob Coskey and Reba Slavens.
Those improvements could include widening of Polk and Commercial Streets and construction of sidewalks, bike lanes and gutters there, improving exits and entrances to Walmart, widening the roadway to Northtown Casey's, improvements at Bothwell Clinic, and Drake Harbor renovations. The designs of those projects will be done by Engineer Page. "And the entire project will be subject to availability of funds," said Administrator Pogue.
The administrator furnished a tentative schedule for the several projects: Main Street CDBG and TAP - Advertise for bids mid-summer, construction starts in the fall. Commercial-Polk TDD - Advertise for bids possibly early May, construction starts mid-summer. Harbor parking and restroom improvements - Hopefully, advertise for bids right after the TDD project. Airport apron expansion - working with the city's airport engineer to schedule when it best fits with the roadway projects. The Main Street gap - if funded, the project could possibly be ready for bids by early summer 2025.
The session closed about 7:00 PM. Regular meetings by this board are normally scheduled for 1st and 3rd Monday eves. Visitors are welcome.
