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City updates: Third & Cherry improvement resolution proposed, Ninth Street signal work delayed, water plant and pothole reports
Summary
Commissioner Bedard reported a proposed $38,000 resolution for Third and Cherry intersection improvements, officials provided an update on Ninth Street signal and paving work, and city staff reported possible lead at the new water plant and ongoing pothole complaints tied to a state contractor.
Commissioner Bedard updated the Mount Carmel City Council on several public-works and transportation items, including a proposed resolution to spend $38,000 on improvements at the Third and Cherry Street intersection and progress updates on Ninth Street signal and paving work.
Bedard said staff prepared a resolution authorizing $38,000 for the Third and Cherry intersection, including removal of existing brick and concrete curbing and installation of stamped concrete and sidewalk work. “We’ve prepared a resolution on, for expenditure of $38,000 for the improvement of Third And Cherry Street Intersection,” Bedard said, and added the work would mirror stamped-concrete sidewalk work done on Fourth Street.
Nut graf: The council also heard updates on the Ninth Street project, which Bedard said had been slowed while signal companies awaited equipment; crews completed work at Third and Walnut and will return to finish Ninth Street signal work once equipment arrives. Bedard said the Ninth Street project is on a contract schedule that extends to October and that the city has limited authority to force accelerated work because it is under contract with a contractor.
Bedard reported that state transportation staff (Garrett Miller) indicated signal work would resume when equipment is delivered and that Kiefer Brothers would finalize sidewalk work at Oak and Ninth before asphalt paving by Al Paving. “They jumped on over to the, Third Street interchange. We got that 1 completed,” Bedard said.
Public works staff reported ongoing maintenance: crews cleaned storm intakes, repaired potholes on service orders, and responded to multiple water-main breaks. A water-utility representative reported the new water plant had detected a possible lead reading; details and follow-up testing were not specified in the transcript.
Discussion vs. decision: The $38,000 resolution was described as prepared for council consideration; the transcript does not record a formal motion or vote on the resolution within the provided excerpt. The Ninth Street schedule and contractor responsibilities were informational; residents were advised to report road conditions to the state because the roadway work is under a state contract.
Ending: Staff will continue to coordinate with state transportation officials and contractors to complete signal and paving work; follow-up testing and reporting on the possible lead finding at the water plant were not recorded in the transcript.
