The underground piping will be televised, but no street work on Patten—at least yet.
Meeting Monday, Feb. 12, the Boyd Village Board opted to hold off on Patten Street work until the nearby church has done its new steps.
The rationale, whereby street work before the steps were in would lead to a redo, comes as the board contemplates other street projects as well, including St. John’s Street. Once scheduled the work would involve street and curb assessments, with camera work planned to see what there is for piping on Patten.
Also in the village board update, the board opened bids for a three year land lease of 25 acres of village owned land off County X, awarding the bid to Close Farms.
Beating out three other bids at $251 per acre, the land lease was made subject to an understanding that the farm could fertilize the land, but not spread manure. Motion to approve the land lease with Farms was made by Geist and seconded by trustee Michael Eslinger.
The second closest bidder was Mahr Farms at $190 per acre.
Closing out the board update, resident Eric Klisiewicz asked about a storm drain extension in public comment, with said extension located off North Clark Street
“I was wondering if we could do something to extend it to the north,” he said, “because it ends in my backyard.”
With the water then running north with a washout growing from six inches to four feet, a 30 foot extension of three foot plastic culvert was sought to extend the drain towards concrete and some big rocks, with less erosion.
“I just figured since it’s storm drain to see if the town could help. With the pipe I’d pay to put it in and bury it,” he said. Trustee Casey Dorn had a question.
“It is just your property that’s affected or other properties as well?” He asked, receiving the answer that it was Klisiewicz’s property. The area in question used to have trees that controlled erosion, but no more.
Not on the agenda for the night, action was deferred.
“We’ll just have to look at it,” village president Bob Geist said. “It’s not on the agenda so we can’t approve it this month."
