Redevelopment Commission details closing on Waverly wastewater sale, pledges support for school-area road work
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Summary
The Redevelopment Commission reported a near-term closing on the Waverly Wastewater Treatment Plant sale and said it committed "3.2 and change" to help widen a road and study a roundabout near a planned elementary school; the school system will lead construction.
Troy, vice president of the Morgan County Redevelopment Commission, briefed the council on the commission's annual report and highlighted two major projects: a negotiated sale of the Waverly Wastewater Treatment Plant with signatures nearly complete and an anticipated closing in July, and a transportation improvement at the new elementary school site where the commission "committed to 3.2 and change" to assist MSD of Bartonsville with road widening and a potential roundabout.
Troy told the council the commission "has worked with the commissioners in the town of Barkersville" on the wastewater sale and that Chelsea Manns prepared the annual report. On the school-area improvements, Troy said the school system will take the lead on design and construction but the RDC committed funds to support widening Centennial and Egbert and to explore a roundabout to improve traffic flow.
Why it matters: The sale of the wastewater plant and the road improvements were framed as steps to close out long-running redevelopment efforts and to support future economic development around the new school. The council accepted the RDC report into the record; no separate vote on funding for the projects was recorded at the meeting.
What happens next: Troy said the wastewater closing is expected in July and the school system will manage the road project, with the RDC receiving updates as the projects proceed.
