The car wash proposed for North Broadway by Chad and Syndi Halterman of Stanley Truck Sales Inc. will have to wait for chemical analysis by the city wastewater department.
Touched on at the Monday, Dec. 15 Committee of the Whole but without any action taken, the car wash proposed for North Broadway would make two operational car washes for the city, the other being at Express Mart on South Broadway. Building plans for the North Broadway car wash contained in Committee of the Whole show plans for a self serve car wash named Victory Lane, the plans prepared by Mark VII.
Alderperson Jason Meyer asked if the council was willing to give the go ahead on the water and wastewater aspects of the car wash.
“Are we willing to say that we don’t have any problems with the water and wastewater end?” he asked.
Alderperson Laurie Foster had a question.
“What if Halterman starts this and then someone buys BP and wants to start back up?” she asked. The Shell Station car wash on South Broadway is currently shut down, with Alderperson Terry Metzger giving her own view.
“In its present condition it’s not able to run,” she said of the Shell Station car wash. “I think they should have to reapply,”
The issue has to do with the city water capacity and ability to accommodate multiple car washes, with Meyer honed in on the need to give a firm answer.
“I would just like to have a firm answer of what we need before having them move forward,” he said of Stanley Truck Sales.
No action was taken on the matter, with Alderperson Mark Fitzsimmons saying it was in the city’s court to get chemical approval.
“The ball’s in our court to get the stamp of approval on chemicals,” he said.
Also covered Dec. 15 was the question of EMOR submittal going forward, the council after much discussion opting to seek a long term proposal from Donohue and Associates for compiling numbers related to EMOR submittal as it seeks to build the water department.
Donohue proposed in a letter response to earlier council inquiry that it (Donohue) be the reviewer with a signer on the city end, due to not being a long term service provider. Public Works employee Jake Lukes is currently the only city employee with the needed license to sign off on submittals, it being unclear if he would be willing to do this.
“I suggest we speak with Jake and see if he would be willing to do this,” Meyer said on signing for submitted water numbers. The fee as quoted by Donohue for temporarily filling in was $4,800 for a year, coming out to $400 a month. Donohue is currently engaged in training city employees how to do numbers collection for the water department.