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Thursday, November 26, 2009

 

Friday Update


Board of Commissioners Friday Update

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!

ITEM 1. TOWN FACILITIES CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING


Town facilities will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th for the Thanksgiving holiday.
ITEM 2. NEW COMMISSIONER ORIENTATION PLANNED FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AT 9:00 A.M.
An orientation session for the new Commissioners is scheduled for Friday, December 4th at 9:00 a.m. at the Wendell Community Center.  The session should last about 2 – 2 ½ hours.
ITEM 3. PLANS FOR RECEPTION AFTER SWEARING-IN AT THE DECEMBER 14TH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING
As it historically has occurred, the December 14th meeting is scheduled to open with the existing Board of Commissioners.  The current Board will approve the minutes from the November 23rd meeting, and then the meeting will proceed with the swearing-in.  District Court Judge James Fullwood is tentatively scheduled to administer the Oaths of Office.  A reception honoring the new Commissioners and the outgoing Commissioners is being planned in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce.
ITEM 4. BIDS RECEIVED FOR ARRA SIDEWALK PROJECT ON THIRD AND BUFFALO STREETS
13 bids were received Tuesday, November 24th for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) sidewalk project on Third and Buffalo Streets. The apparent low bid of $283,260.50 was received from Turner Asphalt. Hobbs & Upchurch is currently working on verifying the numbers in the bids. The approval of the bids and a resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract for this project will be on the December 14th Town Board meeting agenda. The town has been awarded a grant of $470,000 for the project. The remaining funds will pay for engineering services, the moving of utility lines and other project-related costs.
ITEM 5. ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR DECEMBER 14TH AGENDA
Related to the ARRA project on Third and Buffalo Streets, at the December 14th Board of Commissioners meeting, the town staff will be requesting approval of a contract with Progress Energy for the moving of approximately eight (8) utility poles.
Once project plans were approved by the NC Department of Transportation (DOT), the plans were forwarded to Progress Energy for review. Because of the alignment of the sidewalk along West Third Street, it was determined by Progress Energy that the poles would need to be moved to constrict the sidewalk. The cost of the pole relocation would be covered through the ARRA funds.
ITEM 6. OTHER

  1. The average daily ridership of the ZWX Express Bus Service is now up to 59 passengers per day and climbing! 


  2. The new EWTV studio building (being built behind the Knightdale Town Hall) is progressing well.

  3. The following are the scores from the youth league Super Bowls held on Sunday, November 22nd:

Congratulations to the Mini Mites for wining their championship, and congratulations to all the Wendell Rams football teams who competed in their divisions and represented Wendell with distinction. The town’s own Sgt. Jody Wall is the Defense Coordinator for the Mighty Mites team.
  1. Consideration of the Wendell’s stormwater interlocal agreement with Wake County is tentatively scheduled for the December 7th meeting of the Wake County Board of Commissioners.

  2. The Wendell Historical Society’s 2nd Annual Candlelight Christmas Tour will be held on Saturday, December 19th from 3 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and are available at several locations around town.

  3. The Chamber of Commerce and Woman’s Club will hold their second annual art exhibit Friday, January 22nd through Sunday, January 24th. The opening reception will be at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 22nd at the Wendell Woman’s Club. This year’s theme is “Animals in Art”, and the theme is designed to raise awareness of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County.
ITEM 7. UPCOMING EVENTS:

DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION

11/26 – 11/27 Town offices closed for Thanksgiving holiday

12/04 9:00 a.m. New Commissioner Orientation @ Wendell Community Center

12/04 6:00 p.m. Lighting of the Town Square, Santa to visit @ J. Ashley Wall Town Square

12/14 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall


12/19 3:00-8:00 p.m. Wendell Historical Society Home Tour

12/21 7:00 p.m. Planning Board Meeting @ Town Hall

12/24 - 12/25 – Town offices closed for Christmas holiday

12/28 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/11 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

01/18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Town offices closed

01/22 (Fri.) 2nd Annual Wendell Fine Arts Exhibit Woman’s Club
(sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Woman’s Club)

01/25 7:00 p.m. Board of Commissioners Meeting @ Town Hall

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