FLUSHING — Village Council recently approved funding for landscaping and a pair of electronic message boards to be installed in front of the municipal building.
At a council meeting held on July 15, Village Administrator Bryan Clark explained that since the village had purchased and moved their offices into the former Harrison Hills Clinic in 2019 they had wanted to have a way to help keep residents informed as to upcoming meetings and events as well as water breaks and other emergencies.
Clark said that stone to build the planned two foot high retaining wall, flower bed, and pillars would cost around $3,000 and that the village would handle the actual construction.
He went on to say he had priced a single 40-inch-by-90-inch sign for $7,000, but proposed instead purchasing two, slightly smaller signs for $8,000 that would be placed so that they would be visible to traffic going either direction on High Street. Clark said these LED boards would be mounted on top of the proposed wall.
Fiscal Officer Jeryl McGaffick noted that the Flushing Ruritan had donated nearly $5,000 towards the project and that the village would fund the remainder of the project using gas and oil money obtained several years ago.
After some additional discussion, council voted to proceed with the project, with the total not to exceed $15,000 including the donated funds.
Clark also announced that village fire hydrants would be flushed between July 26 and 30 and that some water customers would experience the usual water discoloration that will clear up fairly quickly. He also said they would be exercising valves and checking pressure and flow rates at the same time.
Clark also said some water customers would be submitting samples to be tested for copper and lead as part of a routine procedure and that it was important that those samples be taken first thing in the morning as the first draw of the day.
Also at the July 15 meeting, council passed a resolution required to put a new 2-mill park levy on the November ballot. McGaffick said the levy would raise an estimated $25,000 annually to be used primarily for the mowing and upkeep of Schuler Park.
The village currently receives roughly $5,000 per year for parks and recreation from a 1-mill levy that is based on old valuations and village officials have for years looked for ways to cover the increasing costs of park maintenance.
Council also passed a resolution to place a renewal of the village’s 3-mill police levy on the ballot as well and voted to approve the village budget for 2022.
Flushing Village Council meets at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the village offices located at 120 East High Street.
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