HUNTINGBURG — The City of Huntingburg has received a donation of land from Dubois Wood Products. This land will be used for a passenger ramp for the Spirit of Jasper train rides that will be traveling to Huntingburg this summer for two of the Dubois County Bombers games.
The city council accepted the donation to make it official during their Tuesday, May 23 city council meeting. The motion was made by council member Glen Kissling to accept the donation. Council member Tim Wehr seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously.
The hope is to continue the train rides from Jasper to Huntingburg. The city spoke about the possibility of building a train depot at the location in the future, if the rides increased.
The cities of Jasper and Huntingburg are partnering together to offer the Dubois County Bombers Baseball rides for the games held on June 29 and July 8. Tickets and more train ride information can be found online at https://spiritofjaspertrain.com/.
Other business
Energy Superintendent John Reutepohler began with his report on the gas utility. Another six gas services have been added over the last month. The department also replaced five services in need of replacement due to their age.
The department is also going to have to install two new antenna towers for the new sensus gas meters. Reutepohler received a preliminary quote of $8,000 per antenna tower.
On the electric utility side, three new services have been placed in Hunters Crossing. Four electric poles were replaced on County Road 1100. Two houses on highway 64 were upgraded to underground services.
Reutepohler is continuing to check with vendors on new batteries for the relays at the substation.
He introduced a grant from the Indiana Municipal Power Agency for electric meters through the Office of Energy Development. If awarded the grant, the city would pay for the meters up front and then be reimbursed.
The grant is not expected to be awarded until the end of 2023 but Reutepohler will continue to update the council.
Water Superintendent Jerry Austin presented on the distribution utility. The department has finished their spring hydrant flushing.
The water main breaks discovered during this process did set them back.
Now that the department has received their hydro excavator, it has made the process of resetting valve boxes in the roadways more simple.
Four new services were installed at Hunters Crossing this month.
Austin and Blake Lindauer attended a backflow and contamination class in Evansville and obtained their certifications. This is part of the process to start addressing backflow and contamination in house rather than using third party contractors.
On the water utility side, 80 new residential metering systems are going to be received.
Austin provided quotes on materials for three blocks worth of water main replacements in the city. The council approved the $36,584.89 for the purchase of materials from Utility Supply. This project will be funded out of the $40,000 ARPA funds for water main replacements.
The council addressed a resident’s request to be reimbursed their water metering fee when their water was shut off. The motion to credit $300 for that account for that address for the water and wastewater utility passed with one abstention.
Memorial Day services will be held on Saturday, May 27 at Veterans Memorial Park at 10 a.m. and on Monday, May 29 the VFW will be holding services at area cemeteries.
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