Council Action

At the October 20th meeting, the Council approved a bid for the engineering of one of the U.S. 160 resurfacing projects. This project will resurface U.S. 160 from the corner of 15th & A, west to Pizza Hut, then south to 11th Street. It is expected that bids will be let after the first of the year, then construction will begin soon after that.
The Council also accepted easements from Walmart and USD353 for another U.S. 160 project...the widening of the highway between Speedy's and Walmart. This project is a KLINK grant awarded for the 2011 State Fiscal Year which is from June '10 to June '11.

Donations needed!!!

Wellington has the opportunity to bring in nationally known speaker, Phil Chalmers to the schools and community on Friday the 30th for Red Ribbon Week. He has agreed to re-arrange his schedule to be here. Phil has a powerful message on the use of drugs & alcohol by teens. USD353 has put all the Red Ribbon money towards him, but they are still short. School Resource Officer Bobby Wilson is in charge of the donations; you can contact him at 326-4310. If you can donate, your help would be greatly appreciated. http://www.philchalmers.com/ Thank you.

Harvey Avenue bid approved

Last night, the City Council approved a bid for the widening, curb, and gutter on the East Harvey project. The street will be widened from Woodlawn to Prairie Lawn Cemetery with new curb and gutter installed. Next spring, City Street crews will provide a new asphalt overlay to the street surface. Economic times are tough and construction companies need the business; the engineers estimate for the curb and gutter project was $140,000, but the final bid approved by Council was $109,000; well below budget.
Plans are to have the entire project completed before Memorial Day.

City to consider Vandenburg Ave grant

The City has considered application for a Surface Transportation grant from KDOT to reconstruct Vandenburg Ave. Surface Transportation grants are for major arterial roads within a city, and do not have to be a state or federal highway. The project which is well over $2 million, would be 80% paid by the State if the grant is awarded. The State likes to "spread with wealth" with STP grants, and Wellington has not been the recipient of one since the mid 1990s when Woodlawn Ave was reconstructed from 16th to Harvey. Hopes are high that the grant will be awarded.