A groundbreaking for the city’s new fire station has been scheduled for Thursday, July 7, at 9 a.m. on the site at Rand Street. City administrator Brent Buerck will provide an introduction while remarks will be given by Mayor Larry Riney was well as members of the Perryville Fire Department.
City of Perryville engineer Tim Baer reminded the board of aldermen of the upcoming groundbreaking during his report at the June 21 meeting. A rainout date is planned for July 14, also at 9 a.m.
Along with the groundbreaking, Baer updated the Aldermen on several other projects.
“The (sewer) trunk line project is still moving along,” Baer said. “We’re going through the public works property across that big lot there in the back. They’ve run into some pretty bad materials today, very soft and soupy and there. Very slow going. It’s a slow process, but they’ll get through it. They’ve got about 120 feet to go through that field area to get out of that bad stuff to normal dirt.”
Not a great deal has changed at the Perryville Technical Education Campus, according to Baer.
“They’re making progress,” Baer said.
As part of the regular agenda items, the board approved a right-of-way easement to Citizens Electric Corporation to allow a three-phase underground electric line to serve the new facility.
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The board adopted a resolution stating the city’s intent to commit funding toward a grant application in reference to a Perryville Boulevard sidewalk project.
This year, the city is applying for grant funding from Old St. Mary’s Road to U.S. Highway 61. In 2023, the plan is to submit another grant application for Edgemont to Robert Miget Park, said Baer.
A sidewalk is to be installed from Star Street to Old St. Mary’s Road as part of the city’s capital improvement plan.
“That’ll be built this year,” Baer said. “Those plans are done, we’ve got to get them to MoDOT for approval. We’ll be bidding that out in the next few months.”
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