Edison Council wraps up the year; thanks voters for passing levy

By Alberta Stojkovic -

Edi­son Vil­lage Coun­cil mem­bers had many thanks to give to cit­i­zens and much to cel­e­brate at their Decem­ber 17 meet­ing Mon­day. They found that the their third levy passed by a mar­gin of just 5 votes after the recount. The levy was for the renewal

of 1 mill for 5 years for cur­rent expenses that included street lights. The final vote was 107 for the levy and 102 against.

The coun­cil already knew the Fire replace­ment levy of 1.5 mills for 5 years passed with 110 for and 100 against. The Renewal for roads of 2 mills for 5 years also passed com­fort­ably with 124 for the levy and 86 against. So once again the coun­cil mem­bers were glad to thank Edi­son vot­ers for the pas­sage of all three of the vil­lage levies this year.

Mayor Sandy Ack­er­man pointed out that the cit­i­zens will all directly ben­e­fit from these

three levies for fire, streets, street lights and other cur­rent expenses for the village.

In other news, Street Com­mis­sioner Jerry Reeder reported that the water main at the cor­ner of Willams and Bound­ary Street broke last week and water poured out and lit­er­ally lifted the street. Luck­ily, there were work­ers from Delco in the area who were able to repair the pipe. The prob­lem is that there is some kind of sink hole there so that it is a prob­lem to repair the street over the pipe.

Reeder said that mate­ri­als for the util­ity build­ing have been pur­chased and they are just wait­ing for the weather to break to put the build­ing up.

The roof on the vil­lage build­ing should also be worked on as soon as the weather breaks. The mate­ri­als have been pur­chased and the dump­ster has been brought in for the old roof when it comes off.

Coun­cil mem­ber Patti Feustal reported for the finance com­mit­tee that the bud­get for the year was fin­ished. The coun­cil passed tem­po­rary appro­pri­a­tions to go through until mid-April when the per­ma­nent appro­pri­a­tions are passed.

The coun­cil approved pay­ment of bills for the month of Dec. for $16,731.34. Of that total, $11,104.00 is for mate­ri­als for the street dept. util­ity build­ing. Pay­roll for the first two weeks of Decem­ber is $1,184.90 for police chief, BPA accoun­tant, clerk/treasurer and street dept. workers.

The next Edi­son Vil­lage Coun­cil Meet­ing will be Jan. 14, 2013 at 7 p.m.

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