Main Street will be ready for Cucumber Festival this weekend
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BLACK RIBBONS of asphalt pavement were laid down on Boyceville’s Main Street Monday, August 12. There will be one layer covering the reconstructed Main Street in time for the annual Cucumber Festival which will be held this Friday through Sunday. Following the conclusion of the festival, the second and final layer of asphalt will be put down. As of Tuesday, there were still some portions of the concrete sidewalks to be poured but that should be completed in time for the start of festivities on Friday. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
BOYCEVILLE—The village Board learned Monday night that the communities’ Main Street would be ready for the annual Cucumber Festival set for this weekend.
Eric Evenson of MSA reported to the Village Board at their regular monthly meeting Monday, noting that, “It’s starting to look like a street again.” The four-block section of the street has been under reconstruction for most of the summer with new water and sewer lines, new sidewalks and curb and gutter, street lights and the replacement of the bridge at the west end of the project with large tubes.
Evenson told the board that the sidewalks would be poured on Tuesday and Wednesday and clean up will be done before the celebration this weekend. Board member Trude Chernak questioned Evenson about when the streetlights would be installed and Evenson noted that it would not be until the end of September.
Evenson also reported on the work being done on Winter Street, saying; “We got a really good deal with the extras.” The cost is about where we estimated the project without the extras.
Sell Village owned lots
Village Board member Bud Gilbertson, chair of the Building, Property, Parks and Activities committee had several items on the agenda for Monday night’s meeting all to do with village owned lots. He discussed several of those lots with the intention of getting the board to set a price on those lots and hire a realtor to possibly sell those lots.
The village owned lots was a lot across the street from the high school on Tiffany Street, a one acre lot off Peterson Street, a lot on Range Road, three or four possible lots along the new extension of Charlotte Street and seventeen lots that have been plotted at the east end of Anderson Hill Lane.
After much discussion on this matter, the board is looking for more information on the cost to sell these lots, but they did move to hire MSA Professional Services to bring a cost estimate to extend Anderson Hill Lane with street and utility work to serve at least seven of those remaining lots.
The board also had an offer for the one acre lot off Peterson Street for $4,000, but they learned that the cost to have a Certified Survey Map of this lot made, would cost at least $4,000, they will go back to the person that made the offer in an attempt to work out a deal.
Police report
In what Police Chief Greg Lamkin called an “upward trend” of police calls, he reported to the board that they had an eleven percent increase in calls over last year, he reported to the board that the department had 98 calls for service in July.
His report stated, “For 2019 we are up to 796 calls. Our largest call type is public relations (145 calls) followed by traffic stops (104). We’ve continued our attention on ordinance complaints, which is currently at 125 calls. Additionally, COS Traxler handled six ordinance complaints, issued eight building permits, and performed six other citizen contacts including building inspections.”
Lamkin also reported that Officer Devroy will work his final shift this weekend before he joins the Augusta Police Department to help start their K9 program. Devroy has been with the Boyceville Department for a year.
Board member Trude Chernak requested that the chief have the work schedule included in his report to the board.
Other Board action
In other matters before the village board, approval was granted to the Boyceville Wrestling Club for a temporary picnic license for Pafko Park for August 16 to 18 and to the Boyceville Firefighters for the tractor pull on September 14 and for the firefighters tent for Cucumber Festival this weekend.
Approved adding the officers of the Community Action Club as an official village committee.
Approved the construction of a new two story Pafko Score stand.
Allowed a village employee request to carry over unused vacation time.
Approved the installation of road signs on a couple of streets.
