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BD City Commission hires employees, applies for grant

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At the April 14 meeting of the Beaver Dam Commission, the commission hired new employees and passed a resolution to apply for a Land and Water Grant. During the March city commission meeting, the commission approved a motion to take applications for an employee with the city’s sanitation department. At the April 14 meeting, City Superintendent Larry Carter informed the commission the city received several applications for the full-time position, but he recommended the city hire John Morrow. Morrow had worked for the city in the past. Commissioner Keith Dale made a motion to hire Morrow as a full-time employee with the city’s sanitation department. Commissioner Kevin Davis seconded the motion. After a vote, the motion passed unanimously. — Carter told the city commission it was time to hire a seasonal worker to help during the Spring and Summer months with mowing and weedeating. Carter recommended the commission hire Ethan Tichenor as a seasonal worker. Tichenor has worked for the city in the past. Beaver Dam Mayor Paul Sandefur asked if one seasonal worker was enough. Carter wasn’t sure at this point if another worker would be needed. Davis made a motion the city hire Tichenor as a seasonal employee and give Carter the option to hire another seasonal employee if there is a need. Commissioner Charles Patton seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.During the city Commission’s March meeting, Sandefur informed the commission that GRADD (Green River Area Development District) had encouraged the city to apply for a Land and Water Grant. The grant was a 50/50 match and the city would need to specify how it would use the money. Before the April city commission meeting, the commission held a Public Hearing with GRADD on the grant. To begin the application process for the grant, the city commission needed to pass a resolution. The money from the Land and Water Grant will be used to pave/chip and seal most of the Beaver Dam Park parking lot, buy an electronic sign at the entrance of the park, build a sand volleyball court, install a dock on the pond in the back of the park and install solar lighting around the park’s walking trail. The amount of the grant will be around $125,000 and it’s a 50/50 match, meaning the city will have to come up with around $62,000 to receive the grant money. Patton made a motion to approve the resolution on the Land and Water Grant. Commissioner Sandy Robinson seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.

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