New Galena Village Hall progressing

Work on the Vil­lage of Galena’s new Vil­lage Hall (the for­mer Galena United Methodist Church on Har­ri­son Street) is pro­gress­ing. A sound/recording sys­tem, new tech­nol­ogy cabling, emer­gency light­ing, fire exit signs and the recon­fig­ured stage is nearly com­pleted. Fin­ish­ing touches such as paint, ceil­ing tiles and floor­ing are in process as well.

Vil­lage Solic­i­tor Ken Mol­nar is work­ing with Nancy Mur­phy from Mur­phy and Asso­ciates Real Estate to mar­ket the cur­rent Vil­lage Munic­i­pal Build­ing at 9 West Colum­bus Street. Ads for bids will be placed locally, in The Colum­bus Dis­patch, and in the Mul­ti­ple List­ing Ser­vice and will run for five weeks. Open houses will be planned and a web site for the build­ing will be devel­oped and linked to other sites as well.

Coun­cil heard an update on the Wal­nut Street recon­struc­tion project which is planned between High and Church streets. Del-Co Water has relo­cated water lines and Colum­bia Gas plans to move their lines in Octo­ber. The Vil­lage is prepar­ing to bid out the project, but con­struc­tion will most likely begin in the spring.

Fis­cal Offi­cer Marty Mazzie reported that she has worked with Sun­bury Vil­lage Admin­is­tra­tor Dave Mar­tin to sched­ule a pub­lic forum with AEP. The meet­ing will give res­i­dents the oppor­tu­nity to address con­cerns with ongo­ing power out­age issues. It will be held at 7 p.m., Octo­ber 10 in Sunbury’s Coun­cil Cham­bers on the third floor of the Sun­bury Town Hall.

Galena’s Beggar’s Night is 6 to 7:15 p.m., Wednes­day, Octo­ber 31, fol­lowed by the annual Cos­tume Con­test at Ruffner Park, 170 Har­ri­son Street. Prizes will be awarded in the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories: 0–4 year-olds, 5–7 year-olds, 8–10 year-olds, 11 year-olds and up, and groups.

Dur­ing a third read­ing, Coun­cil passed a res­o­lu­tion approv­ing the Delaware, Knox, Mar­ion and Mor­row (DKMM) Solid Waste Man­age­ment Dis­trict plan update. They also held a first read­ing on a res­o­lu­tion estab­lish­ing a tobacco-free parks and recre­ation policy.

Coun­cil held a first read­ing on a res­o­lu­tion exer­cis­ing the fifth year option with Big-O Refuse for munic­i­pal res­i­den­tial waste and curb­side recy­cling pickup. Prices would increase to $54.30/quarter for house­holds with $51.30/quarter for senior citizens.

Posted by Gary Henery on Oct 3 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.