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| News - Linn County News | |||
| Written by Roger Sims | |||
| Wednesday, 09 September 2009 07:00 | |||
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LA CYGNE — The La Cygne City Council last Wednesday approved an alternative sewer connection for a new retail furniture store on East Market Street after a councilman said a standard procedure would put city workers at risk. Councilman Jerry Boone, a member of the city’s sewer committee, said the sewer main is about 20 feet below ground level and it would be difficult to dig a hole that deep with a backhoe. He said the soil in area is very unstable, and he fears the sides of a trench dug there would be prone to collapse. “It is very dangerous,” Boone told his fellow council members. Jerome Moore, public works superintendent, agreed with the assessment, calling the ground extremely unstable. The council agreed to allow city workers to run a sewer line for the store to a nearby manhole and to route the pipe to the sewer main from there. Moore said that hookup would be unique in the city, and there are no plans to make additional connections using that technique. The council also approved the purchase of a John Deere skid loader for the maintenance department. The purchase deal includes trading in the existing Bobcat and paying about $3,600 additional for the new loader. Chris Mathews, a representative from Heritage Tractor in Paola, told council members the 2010 loader has 61 horsepower, the same as the Bobcat the city would trade in. Moore said more of the attachments the city has could be used on the John Deere, and the new machine’s hydraulics would offer a higher flow rate for improved performance. Councilman Terry Weitman asked Mathews if Heritage rents additional accessories the city might need. Mathews said additional attachments could be rented through Gerken Rent-All, also of Paola. Moore said he priced a 2009 Bobcat with less horsepower, with the difference between the trade-in and the purchase price of $3,800. The council voted unanimously to pay $3,600 difference in trade-in for the John Deere out of the equipment reserve fund. In other business, the council: Approved two requests for training sessions from Police Chief James Dean. The first, a free workshop in Mission on Sept. 17, will deal with law-enforcement officers learning new database techniques. The second, at the Greenbush Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Girard on Sept. 29, will cover drug trends among youths. That workshop costs $45. Consented to the purchase of new permanent stickers identifying city vehicles and equipment for $160. Heard a report from Fire Chief Dan Nasalroad, who said the city’s rescue team had practiced water rescues at La Cygne Lake with teams from Osawatomie, Linn Valley, Johnson County Fire District No. 1 and Drexel, Mo. Approved sending Moore to a pipeline safety conference in Salina on Oct. 27-29. Consented to send City Attorney John Sutherland as a voting delegate to the Kansas League of Municipalities’ annual conference in early October in Topeka. Spent 70 minutes in a closed-door session for personnel and legal matters. No action was taken as a result of that session.
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