6-11-2009

RECYCLING WILL BE PICKED UP FROM GREENVILLE AGAIN

 

The Greenville City Council met Tuesday night at City Hall.  Assistant City Manager Lisa Stephens gave an economic development update at the meeting.  It was reported on WGEL Radio earlier this week that the large industrial plant that is considering locating in Greenville has narrowed their choice to two possible sites, Greenville and a location in Missouri.  Stephens said that two other plants have also put Greenville on their short lists of locations for new projects.  The two large plant projects would be in the hundred million dollar range. Each plant could create well over 100 permanent jobs and many temporary jobs.  The third possible plant is a smaller project, but would still mean construction and new jobs for Greenville and Bond County.  It’s not possible to give a definite time frame for any decisions to be made. It is hoped that within one to two months, some of the locations will be decided.  The city council also started the process to form a new TIF district to help lure these plants to Greenville.  The creation of the TIF district is about a four month process. 

 

City Manager Dave Wiley announced that the recycling bins in Greenville will start being picked up again very soon, hopefully before the week is out.  QRS Recycling out of St. Louis will begin picking up the city’s recycling.  Wiley and Mayor Gaffner said this is a short term solution to keep recycling going in Greenville and that a long term solution has not yet been found, but it being worked on by city staff.  Some long term possibilities could include a city wide poll or questionnaire concerning a mandatory fee-based recycling program, possibly gating off the recycling bins and staffing them at certain hours to prevent un-recyclable material from being placed in the bins.  It was said that the bins have been used to drop off items that clearly could not be recycled, like hypodermic needles and a color TV.  This practice lead to the former recycling drop-off plant, used by the city, refusing to accept more loads from Greenville.  For now, the city will be paying the fees necessary to have the recycling picked up.

 

84 YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN FISHING DERBY

 

84 youngsters from Bond and surrounding counties and three from Oklahoma, gathered last Saturday at Patriot's Park for the 12^th annual Family Fishing Derby.  Trevor Kinkel got the prize for the largest fish of the day with an 11 ¾" Bass. Wesley Stoecklin won first place in the Large Mouth Bass category with a 10 ¾" fish and Cody Covaleski caught the largest Bluegill at 7 ¾".  Brian Sutton placed second with a 7 ½" Bluegill and Kamron Kent and Tyler Bryant tied for third in the Bluegill category, each catching a 6 ½" fish. 

JUNE KINGSBURY PARK DISTRICT MEETING

 

June’s Kingsbury Park meeting was held Monday night. Director Jerry Sauerwein reported that the skateboard project will start next week and should still be on target to be done by July 4.

 

Sauerwein also reported the pool has been broken into twice already this year and they are looking to invest in a security surveillance system that would cover the pool area along with the new skateboard park. He will be providing this information at the next board meeting.

 

The board also discussed the necessity of adding a parking lot for Jaycee Field. After much discussion, the board decided to look into several possibilities and do further research.