Assembly holds special meeting to approve Church Street paving, other upgrades

The city and borough assembly of Wrangell held a special meeting Monday night to approve various renovations and upgrades to city infrastructure.

The first item was a contract with SECON for paving repairs to Church Street, in the amount of $29,827. Director of Public Works Amber Al-Haddad went into some detail on the project. She said that the Church Street paving would begin after contractors were finished with their current work on Evergreen Street, and would take about two days to complete. After some brief discussion, the assembly approved of this contract.

The other two items on the agenda were both related to a project to upgrade diesel generation plant controls. One agenda item was to transfer $36,000 from the general expenditures fund to the distribution expenditures capital purchases fund for the project. The other item was to approve a contract with Electric Power Systems Inc. for the diesel generation plant controls upgrades project in the amount of $85,697.45.

Al-Haddad said that, initially, they had budgeted $50,000 for the project. The transfer of $36,000, however, would allow Wrangell to afford the project without dipping into any savings. Upon explaining this, the board approved both agenda items.