Tamaroa to repair road damaged in flood
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Recent rain and flooding has led to significant damage to some roads in and around Tamaroa. <br /> At last week's meeting of the village's board of trustees, discussion turned again toward a section of Woodcock Road that has been deemed irreparable. Kendall Odom from Southern Engineering has taken a soil sample to see how to repair the base of the road and is waiting for the sample to come back. <br /> In the meantime, the village plans to buy 400 to 500 tons of crushed concrete from Mathis and Sons at a cost of approximately $10 a ton after delivery costs are added in. This will be used to repair the damage on Woodcock Road, and anything not used will be stockpiled for other projects. <br /> In related news, the board voted to only charge the city of Pinckneyville for the actual cost of the water that the village supplied to the businesses and four to five residences along Route 154, including the prison and Pinckneyville Community Hospital, when the city had the broken water mains earlier this month.<br /> Chuck Zoeckler informed the Board that the 6-inch water main running along a culvert on White Walnut Road has been replaced and the Perry County Road Department will complete the project in July.<br /> Residents Anthony and Jessica Trail requested that the village write a letter on their behalf to their mortgage lender stating that the overgrown road that is located on the property they are looking to buy is not being maintained as a road by the village. The board agreed that Village Clerk Cheryl Oettle would write the letter, but with the emphasis that they were not relinquishing control of the road.<br /> Trustee Billy Place commented on the accounts payable regarding a billing statement received from the Perry County Animal Control Department in the amount of $622. This is a yearly bill for upkeep of the dog pound. However, there is a question whether the animal control warden does anything with animal problems in Tamaroa, and if so, what it is. The village has been told the animal control warden only takes care of county issues, not village issues. <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_2138_2226" tabindex="0">Place plans to go to the Perry County Board meeting Thursday to try to get some answers.</span><br /> Zoeckler will handle getting the ice machine for the Community Center functional. The ice machine was purchased from Casey's General Store. A few months ago, the board had Trustee Kerri Schoenbacher get a cost for new mats for the stage of the community center, with the school paying half and the village paying half. Therefore, with a bid of $1,800, the village will pay $900 for the new mats.<br /> Trustee Lisa Haycraft informed the board that she was getting money for ads for the tractor pull in June. She has received $375 to date.<br /> With no more business on the agenda, the board voted to go into executive session. <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_2843_2897" tabindex="0">The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 14.</span></span></span>