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Friday, 10 July 2009 |
By MATT NICHOLS
Staff Writer
BUCKLAND — Government officials with an Auglaize County village aim to have a plan in place within the next year to install a centralized sewer.
Buckland Mayor Dan Lambert said the village was notified by the Ohio Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) to have a plan ready within six months. After a discussion during Thursday’s meeting, councilors intend to seek a six-month extension.
After the meeting, Lambert said it would take more than the six months to attain the funds to pursue a study by the Poggemeyer Design Group. The Poggemeyer Design Group, headquartered in Defiance with offices in Bowling Green, is an engineering firm used by the county.
“The money from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) we received through the county doesn’t become available until late fall, and then Poggemeyer needs six months to do the study,” Lambert said. “By the time we go back and forth with them, it could be nine months.”
Lambert said the CDBG grant is worth $10,000 and should cover the $12,000 design. The village is to fund the remaining $2,000.
The mandatory study was prompted after the EPA last autumn found higher than normal levels of sewage bacteria in the water that enters the Auglaize River, which runs on the east side of the village
Lambert said the bacteria levels last fall in no way endangered residents.
For the month of June, Buckland Police officers issued three verbal warnings, assisted two lost motorists, warned a resident about expired tags, warned a resident about weed control and dealt with one individual urinating in public.
The Buckland Fire Department responded six times to situations requiring first responders in June and responded to five fire runs.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 13 July 2009 )
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