Kingwood Council OKs use of ARPA funds by water board

KINGWOOD — Members of Kingwood Metropolis Council voted to permit Kingwood Water Board to make use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for mushy prices.

“We’ll nonetheless be utilizing a few of the funds for its meant function, the mushy price of designing clarifier covers. However we need to use a part of it for engineering for the downtown mail line, and different mushy prices,” Robert DeRiggi, president of Kingwood Water Board mentioned.

Kingwood Water Works (KWW) is the most important water supplier in Preston County, offering protected ingesting water to 2,959 prospects (over 8,000 individuals) in Kingwood and surrounding areas. Along with Kingwood, KWW provides water to Albright and Camp Dawson. It additionally took over the system operated by Preston County Public Service District 2 in 2018.

In different enterprise, Laura Mazza requested council members if a 4-foot-by-4-foot signal pointing to the proposed web site of Wayne’s World of Marvel may very well be positioned at Browns Park. The signal would level down Sisler Road on the trailhead, the place a 6-foot-by-8-foot signal marks the spot the place the WOW playground will probably be situated.

Board member Invoice Robertson mentioned council members will have a look at the spot to verify it doesn’t intervene with visitors pulling out of Brown’s Park.

“My concern is that it’s troublesome for visitors to drag out from there,” he mentioned. “We’ll have a look at it and get again to you.”

In different enterprise, council:

• signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Structure Week.
• introduced Halloween enterprise trick or deal with will probably be 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 26. Town will ship out letters to all companies asking them to ship data to one in all three hubs listed within the letter.
• introduced common trick or deal with will probably be 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. The Haunted Tunnel on the Civic Heart will stay open till 7 p.m.

The subsequent assembly of the Kingwood Metropolis Council will probably be 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25.