(Arnolds Park)– The Arnolds Park City Council spent a portion of its meeting Wednesday approving pay estimates for various projects.
The first was for almost 17-thousand dollars to correct a drainage problem in the Forest Park area east of the post office; another for nearly 16-thousand dollars was for an installment on the West Broadway streetlighting project; a payment of 146-thousand dollars was made to Mark’s Lawn Service to cover a third installment of the Highway 71 streetscape project; and two payments totaling almost 88-thousand dollars were approved for the cemetary retaining wall project.
In other business the council directed the Jacobson/Westergard Engineering Firm to draw up plans to address a drainage problem at the ball diamond and just east of there; and they approved the purchase of a new bobcat for the street department.
There was considerable discussion on whether or not to grant severance pay to a worker in the Street Department who recently quit after 12 years with the city. The former employee had requested four weeks of severance pay. A motion to grant two weeks of the pay failed on a two-two tie vote. A second motion to grant all four weeks of the pay failed for lack of a second.
