Ellsworth-At a recent meeting, the Ellsworth City Council met with Janet Adix from the Ellsworth Bingo Committee requested a donation to help cover the cost of digitizing the remainder of the South Hamilton Record-News for publication on the Ellsworth History Museum website in the amount of $1373.97. The council recommended to have Ellsworth Bingo to make a donation to the Museum for the project. The Ellsworth City Council voted to approve the recommendation.
There was also a meeting with the representative of WHKS Engineering on the initial scope of work for a Main Street streetscape project, including several options with the estimated costs involved. No action was taken by Ellsworth council members. The council will take action on an agreement with WHKS on the Ellsworth Main Street project at the November 9th council meeting. Council members tabled action until next Monday’s meeting for the historic school repair quote to allow the city staff more time to obtain detailed quotes. The trade in quote from Rexco for a snow blower was approved with a reserve bid of $15,000 prior to pursuing a trade-in. Quotes provided by Vessco for the chlorinator room for the Ellsworth water plant represented work already approved by the affidavit operator. There was no action taken by the council at this time.
In another matter, the Ellsworth City Council held a public hearing on the resolution authorizing and approving a loan and disbursement agreement providing the issuance and securing the payment of $3,039, 000 in water revenue bonds with no objections raised by the public. The resolution was approved by a unanimous vote.