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Ishpeming council halts tennis-court match, reallocates proposed grant match to storm-sewer work
Summary
The City Council declined to commit a $300,000 grant match for school tennis-court resurfacing this year and instead approved moving previously earmarked funds toward time-sensitive Third Street storm-sewer repairs and engineering work.
Ishpeming’s City Council voted to reallocate a previously proposed $300,000 grant match for tennis-court resurfacing and related school improvements toward time-sensitive storm-sewer work on Third Street.
Council members said the decision follows new information about a storm sewer running near the tennis courts and a narrow construction window tied to Empire Street work that would require tearing up any courts resurfaced now. Finance Director Grant and Public Works Director William "Bill" (last name not specified in the transcript) told council the city needs to prioritize stormwater repairs that would otherwise force future crews to retear new court surfaces.
Grant said the city’s public improvement fund is the primary available source for stormwater repairs and noted the $300,000 represented more than half of the annual public-improvement revenue the city currently receives. “The decision to pull the potential grant match of $300,000 this year…
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