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Middletown council authorizes consulting contract, hydrant payment and summer hires; Lions Club parade approved
Summary
At its May 15 meeting the Middletown Town Council unanimously approved a consulting contract for sewer-plant administration, authorized a conditional payment of up to $35,000 for a hydrant project, authorized up to four summer hires for utilities, and granted the Lions Club permission for its June 5 parade.
The Middletown Town Council on May 15 approved several administrative items by motion or consensus.
Votes at a glance
- Kenna Consulting contract: Donita Chambless moved and Gary Kendall seconded a motion authorizing the Town Council President to sign a contract with Kenna Consulting to provide administration for the 2018 Sewer Plant Update Project; the motion passed unanimously (Council members Jake Smith, Steve Holmes, Dave Wagner, Donita Chambless and Gary Kendall recorded as voting yes).
- Chandler’s Excavating payment: Dave Wagner moved and Donita Chambless seconded a motion authorizing the Clerk-Treasurer to pay Chandler’s Excavating up to $35,000 as the first payment on the Columbia Avenue Fire Hydrant Project, provided there is sign-off from the town’s engineers, Butler-Fairman-Seufert, and the Utilities Superintendent; the motion passed unanimously.
- Summer hires: Gary Kendall moved and Donita Chambless seconded a motion authorizing the Utilities Superintendent to hire up to four summer help employees; the motion passed unanimously.
- Lions Club parade: Jim Richey of the Middletown Lions Club requested permission to hold the annual Lions Club Fair parade on Tuesday, June 5 (the fair runs June 4–9); the council granted permission by consensus.
The minutes record these actions as routine authorizations; where payments are conditional (the Chandler’s Excavating payment) council required sign-off from the town’s engineering firm, Butler-Fairman-Seufert, and the Utilities Superintendent before disbursing funds.
