Wharton supervisors approve use of grant for road projects
FARMINGTON – Wharton Township supervisors approved the use of $73,567 in Community Development Block Grant money for several road projects Monday. The supervisors allocated $61,048 to reconstruct Workman Road and $15,246 to complete the reconstruction of Mason-Dixon Road.
Jim Means, chairman of the board of supervisors, said as much as $30,000 could be left over from those projects and it would be spent on widening, repaving and drainage on Marker Road.
Last year, the township’s entire CDBG allocation of $75,457 was budgeted for the Mason-Dixon Road project and $25,499 was spent on the project.
Supervisor Jack Lewis pointed out that the township received $88,659 in 2004, the first year the township participated in the CDBG program.
Improvements to Braddock Drive were also address. The supervisors approved advertising for bids to repave a half-file of the road.
Supervisor Joe Henning said the supervisors tried to have the Braddock Drive project included in last year’s CDBG program, but the road didn’t meet the program’s guidelines.
In addition, the supervisors approved some work at Wharton Park.
They said Uniontown Area School Board Director Alan George and the rest of the school board gave the township $5,000 to buy loom for the infields of the ball fields at Wharton Park.
The supervisors hired All Around Fence Co. of Uniontown to install a backstop at Whyel Field at the park.
In other business: the supervisors:
Agreed to hire Spade Custom Carpentry of Farmington to replace several windows on the rear of the township building for $1,200. The supervisors bought the new windows for $2,750.
Warned people to be careful when burning because conditions are rife for forest fires. People who start fires, which require the firefighting helicopter stationed at Ohiopyle State Park, could be forced to pay $700 an hour for the helicopter, Means said.
Donated an 11-foot ash spreader to Henry Clay Township.