Calumet Village Council extends completion date of Oak Street upgrades
Calumet Village Council extends completion date of Oak Street upgrades
By KURT HAUGLIE, DMG Writer
CALUMET — The project to upgrade Oak Street in Calumet is progressing well, but at the regular village council meeting Tuesday, Eric Waara of U.P. Engineers & Architects Inc. of Houghton asked council members to approve a couple changes to the project.
Waara said the original completion date for the project was expected to July 3, but there have been some delays, so an extension to July 21 has been requested.
Despite the requested completion date extension, Waara said he thinks the work is going well.
“It should be looking pretty good by the July 3rd date,” he said.
Another requested change for the Oak Street project involve street lamp poles. Waara said although the original plan called for installing four new poles and refurbishing two existing poles, the village could actually save about $1,000 by installing six new lamps because of the cost of refurbishing the existing poles. The village could keep the old poles to use as replacements for any poles that become damaged.
The council voted unanimously to accept both change requests.
Waara also updated the council on the Main Street upgrade project.
The plans for the installation of a handicapped-accessible elevator at the former River Valley Bank building has been sent to the State Historic Preservation Office in Lansing for approval.
Waara said he expects the plans will be approved and he should be able to present the council bids from contractors for the project at its July meeting.
Waara said the elevator will be used to take people to the second floor of the building where it’s expected office and commercial space will be constructed.
On another subject, Waara said a leak on the roof of the Calumet Theatre building was caused by a loosened drain pipe.
Waara said he took a look at the roof to see what was causing the leak into the building, and it appeared the pipe was probably loosened by snow and ice build up.
He told council the pipe should be replaced as soon as possible.
In other business, by a vote of 5-2, council approved allowing the owners of Carmelita’s Restaurant to serve alcohol at tables on the sidewalk outside the restaurant.
Councilman Jim Flood voted against the request because he was concerned about such things as noise and control of the alcohol outside the building. Councilman Ken McKay also voted no.
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