{"id":4902,"date":"2023-08-04T07:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T11:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2023-08-04T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T11:05:48","slug":"fill-er-up-water-tower-has-a-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/fill-er-up-water-tower-has-a-new-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Fill ‘er up: water tower has a new look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decatur’s water tower on Line St. should be filled and back in business by the end of this week, Utilities Director Kevin Hackman told city council at its latest meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tower, with a capacity of 500,000 gallons of water, had been drained for a new paint job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LC United Painting of Sterling Heights, Michigan, handled the project at a cost of $248,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, the same firm painted the east water tower, at Piqua Road and E. Monroe St. That was the one which got the Bellmont Braves logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attention now turns to the city’s third water tower, at Waterworks Park, by the swimming pool. If funding is available, it could be redone next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also at the council meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Mayor Dan Rickord thanked the police department for its back-to-school clothing drive. \u201cThank Amy (McDonald Gage, the department’s chief clerk), she has a giant heart,\u201d Chief Kevin Gerber said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* After a public hearing, council approved an ordinance repealing and replacing the 2015 ordinance dealing with stormwater regulations. The minor changes were required by the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* After another public hearing, council approved a resolution for an additional appropriation from ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds to be used for the wastewater treatment plant’s outfall sewer replacement project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the project for which the city received a bid of just under $200,000, but further study by Hackman determined that city employees could and would perform the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Councilman Wylie Sirk congratulated Two Brothers Restaurant and Bar on its 75th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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