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Council to vote on sewer project
Development at KineticPark cannot continue until a sewer line that serves the planned business and technology park is upgraded at the upper level of Kinetic Park.
Purchase this photoHUNTINGTON -- A long-awaited sewer line extension project that will serve KineticPark and broaden the potential for development along W.Va. 10 is up for a vote Monday evening.
Huntington City Council will vote on an ordinance approving the $2.3 million project. The contract will be awarded to Chapman-Martin Excavation of Huntington.
The project begins at the intersection of Enslow Boulevard and Washington Boulevard and extends southward along Fourpole Creek to Mount Union Road. In addition to KineticPark, it will serve the R&J commercial development area across from KineticPark.
The new line also provides infrastructure needed for further development along W.Va. 10. Developer Bob Childers already has submitted a request for sewer service to a 200-acre site along W.Va. 10 across from Huntington High School.
Childers has said the site has potential for office space, condominiums and single-family homes.
The council meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, 800 5th Ave. The meeting also is televised live on channel 24 on the Comcast Cable system. Here's a look at other items on the agenda:
EXPENDITURES: The council will vote on an ordinance increasing the amount that the administration can spend on a capital expenditure without council approval to $15,000. Mayor Kim Wolfe now must get approval from council for any expenditure more than $5,000.
Councilman Steve Williams, the sponsor of the ordinance, said the $5,000 limit is no longer applicable to today's economy. It's been in place since the 1980s when the city budget was much smaller, he said.
WAYFINDER SIGN: The council will vote on an ordinance authorizing a license agreement with CSX Transportation that will allow the city to place a wayfinder sign at the Hal Greer Boulevard underpass.
The sign will be attached to fencing along the railroad and will hang above the south side of the underpass so it faces northbound traffic, said Cathy Burns, executive director of the Huntington-Ironton Empowerment Zone.
The sign will feature a collage of Pullman Square and a statue of John Marshall. The sign will point motorists to Marshall University, Pullman Square and the Visitors Center on Veterans Memorial Boulevard.
TAX AUDITS: The council will vote on the second reading of an ordinance that approves a contract with the law firm of Bailes, Craig and Yon to undertake business and occupation tax collections.
The law firm will contract with an accounting firm to perform audits of business and occupation taxes. The accounting firm would be paid no more than $75 an hour, while attorney fees would range from $150 to $285 per hour. Each audit would take no more than three hours to conduct, Finance Director Deron Runyon said.
The city already contracts with a Columbus, Ohio-based agency that collects delinquent municipal and refuse fees.
