SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The South Hutchinson City Council is due to meet Monday night.
As part of his report to the council, City Manager Joseph Turner said the citywide garage sale and cleanup earlier this month was a success. Fifty homes signed up to participate and all six of the roll-off dumpsters were filled with trash and debris. Turnout for the garage sale was very solid, if not higher than normal. Turner has requested residents and participants to fill out a survey requesting feedback so that we can make next year’s event more successful. So far about 20 people have responded.
Also, Turner is pleased with the work completed by South Hutch Public Works staff on two valley gutters along Avenue A. It is the long term intent of South Hutch to tackle higher level tasks and save taxpayer dollars versus outsourcing to private contractors.
With that said, there is a project on the agenda for tonight that requires special skill and materials. That project is rehabilitating sanitary sewer manholes. City staff believes that there are approximately 1,000 vertical feet of sewer manholes located east of Main Street that need rehabilitation. The intent is to hire Utility Maintenance Contractors, LLC to do the project as they have over 30 years’ experience in the lining, rehabilitation, and repair of sanitary sewer manholes. The contractor will apply a ½ inch thick cementitious material called Strong Seal MS-2A to the manholes at a cost of $118 per unit, for a total of $132,000.
Also on the agenda is designating an official newspaper for the few issues where state statute is not clear that posting on a city's website is sufficient. For those limited cases, South Hutchinson is set to designate Pretty Prairie's Ninnescah Valley News as its official publication.
The South Hutchinson City Council meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall at 2 South Main.