City Council meetings
Regular Wayne City Council meetings are at 5:30 pm on the first and third Mondays of each month in City Hall at 513 Main Street. Come on by and let us know how we are doing. We won’t even charge you for compliments!
Lead Water Service Lines
The City Council discussed at its last meeting how it wanted to address the financial impact that replacing lead service lines has on water customers.
From city-wide surveys conducted a couple years ago, customers reported back that there were very few lead lines in Wayne. The State determined the City of Wayne did not have enough lines that warranted state funding to help property owners with lead lines. However, we have found some lead lines in town as we construct projects or customers have water line leaks.
Therefore, the Council directed City staff to come back to them with a cost share program (much like sidewalk replacement when it needs to meet ADA standards) to financially help water customers. Many details need to be worked out, but staff should have something for consideration at the Council’s next meeting.
Field Drainage Addressed
Three of the four current fields (infields) at the Summer Sports Complex will be reworked to help with current drainage problems encountered by seasonal rains.
City staff believes these three were last reworked and regraded 20+ years ago. The Northwest field was reworked in 2014 and has held up very well. This same process will be used to improve the other three fields by regrading and adding infield product. We hope this can be done this fall while a contractor is on site and weather holds. This should help to reduce rain outs due to wet field conditions starting next summer.
Grant Awards
The City was notified that it received grant funding for the Prairie Park Phase 5 Pavilion Project. The total project is estimated at $315,000. The City received $150,000 in grant funds toward this phase. The additional $165,000 was allocated from sales tax funds for this fiscal year. Staff hopes we can begin the final design and order the structure this fall/winter for a 2027 construction.
And an even nicer surprise was that the funder awarded an unsolicited $100,000 commitment to the City for a future playground at Prairie Park. Since this was not being designed yet, the Council would have to allocate further money to do this project. That would have to be completed by the end of 2028. The private foundation providing these resources has asked for nondisclosure right now, and we must honor that request. The City wants to be as transparent as possible, but we also have to respect the clear wishes of the funder. Our main focus is getting this project done for the community, but we certainly hope we can publicly thank them down the road.
Questions, comments, concerns?
Contact Wes Blecke, City Administrator at 375-1733 or wblecke@cityofwayne.org.
