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2-10-08
Kane Bond asked Oaktown Town Council members
about making some minor additions to the
town's water system.
Bond owns the co-op property at 401 N. Park
St. and is selling about three acres of the
property to Delta Fresh Sales, a watermelon
brokerage firm out of Jonesboro, Ark.
Paul Teague, a representative with Delta
Fresh, asked council members if there were a
way to install a six inch water line, water
hydrant and meter up Russell Street to where
they are planning to put a building for
seasonal loading and off-loading of
watermelon.
"We are going to try to be built before the
summer season," Teague said. "We hope to get
ground broken and have the building project
up by mid-April."
Council members said they would get
estimates on what the cost of materials
would be to extend and expand the water line
and would vote on the issue at their next
meeting at 7 p.m. on March 5. |
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Oaktown Pays Water Treatment Project Bills
Town council members here are in a good mood
after approving claims that pay off most of
the expense from their new water treatment
project. “We approved claims and most of the
project is paid off,” said Clerk-treasurer
Carol Beaman. “We may have one more bill but
for the most part I think we are done.”
The council was able to secure a Department
of Commerce grant for $525,000 for the
project and the difference was made up from
a loan from USDA Rural Development. Included
in their $1.3 million project is the
construction of a water treatment facility,
digging two wells, installing water meters
at customer residences and laying four mile
of line.
Because they learned that the project would
cost less than initially thought, council
members approved installing 1.2 miles of
water line on Freelandville Road. Council
members also approved replacing a storm
sewer at Wabash Avenue. Council members will
hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. On Sept. 19
to adopt their 2008 budget. |
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Vectren Fuels will be operating a coal mine
east of Oaktown. Planned operation date is
2009. |
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Oaktown has new wells pumping its own water
and new radio-read water meters. The town is
currently involved in a $1.3 million
construction project which includes building
a new water treatment facility, digging two
wells and laying four miles of line. After
learning its improvement project is going to
cost less than first thought, Oaktown will
be able to extend
water lines even further. |
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The town will be able to extend a water line
after learning its improvement project is
going to cost even less then first thought. |
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High speed Wireless internet service
available. |
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