The City of Sheridan, after a long wait, learned that they had finally gotten the grant for the preliminary engineering report for the water line project for the city to replace aging water lines. The next step will be to get the report done and to get the grant application turned in as soon as possible. This was reported at the regular Sheridan City Council Meeting Monday.
The city learned that the motor was running on the generator; the next step was to figure out how to get it running and putting up electricity.
Mayor Leland Wake and David Parman worked on the back of the community building and found out that it was worse than expected, which triggered the talk at the Alumni Reunion. There is dry rot, a weak foundation, and mold in the building. While the floor was fixed for the time being, it is not a long-term solution for the problems with the current City Hall building.
Clerk Geneveive Walker is back doing the meter reading for the city.
David Parman reported that the Consumer Confidence Report for the water system would be out soon.
Parman reported that he had called DNR about the problem with Stanley Hensley's water and that they recommended putting a filter by his line.
Parman reported that Swine Graphics had gotten water from the Fire Hydrant by the park because two of their three wells had blown up. The city will keep track of the water that they get and will bill Swine Graphics for the water.
17 people had not paid their water bills for the month. Parman said that it took him half a day to catch all of them. Six of them were shut off; one came and paid right away. One left town and Parman said he would pull two meters. Some of them paid. The city does not accept partial payments for water bills.
The city is going to have 33 tons of gravel hauled for the city streets this year.
Wake said that the city wanted to raise as much as possible for the new Community Center Building Fund to replace the current City Hall as well as the Schoolhouse building that the CBC uses. The city has raised $2,000 already. The Alumni Association has donated $500 while they also got donations from Leland Wake, David and Karla Parman, and Barry and Miranda Lyle. Mary Jo Hawk said that the CBC had some money saved up and would contribute to the project as well. John Nelson of Bearcat Lumber has drawn up plans for a new building just south of the current schoolhouse which would include two offices, a fitness center which would house the exercise equipment that the CBC currently has in the school, a kitchen, closet, and handicapped accessible bathrooms.
The main downside to the project is that it is not as accessible to the park as the current City Hall. The main advantage is that there is a lot more parking available at the new building.
The first step for the city is to see how much can be raised by fall. Mayor Wake said that people could pledge money to be donated when the construction for the new building started. He said that it was a need, not a want, because of the deteriorating buildings housing the CBC and City Hall. He said that he checked out the schoolhouse and that the city could not afford to tear it down right away. One complication would be asbestos removal, which Grant City ran into when tearing down the old schoolhouse/city hall building.
Contributions to the new building can be made to City of Sheridan, Community Building Fund, PO Box 235, Sheridan, MO 64486. For more information or questions, people can contact Mayor Leland Wake at (660) 799-2226.
The hook on one of the swings in the park is worn out; Wake said that he would look at it Tuesday and see what needed to be done.
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