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LEESBURG — At the Leesburg Town Council Monday, Councilman Tom Moore said he was recently contacted by a representative from Astbury and asked to accompany one of their employees to the main pumping station due to the alarms going off.
This resulted in the discovery of an interior leak. Moore said the pipes are 17 years old.
Moore received a quote from Astbury and another company for addressing the issues at the main pumping station. The solution will include, in part, replacing the ductile iron (DI) pipe with high-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) and changing from 4-inch piping to 6-inch piping.
The quote from Astbury is $20,500 and includes testing and backfill, replacing piping, upgrading piping size, restoring of the main pumping station, labor for the initial response and up to 20 hours of time.
The quote from the other company was just under $18,000 but did not include upgrading the piping size or restarting of the main pumping systems.
Moore suggested accepting the quote from Astbury since it includes everything.
A motion was passed approving accepting the Astbury quote.
In other business:
• Trick-or-treat hours in Leesburg will be 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31.
Leesburg Methodist Church will be serving hot dogs, cider and hot chocolate on Halloween.
Leesburg Grace Brethren Church will hold a Trunk-or-Treat event 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28.
• A motion was passed approving the town’s 2027 budget.
The total budget is $313,050. The rainy day fund is $3,000. The general fund is $153,450. The local income tax is $15,000. The local road and street fund is $8,000. The motor vehicle highway fund is $130,600. The cumulative capital fund is $3,000.
• Leesburg Street Commissioner Craig Charlton asked residents to rake leaves to the street but not into the street. No sticks, pine needles, walnuts, grass or other yard waste is to be mixed in with the leaves.
The town of Leesburg reserves the right to reject leaf pickup if any of the above listed items are mixed with the leaves.
Any leaves placed near the street after the end of November are the responsibility of the resident.
• Leesburg Councilman Mitch Rader submitted the town’s application for the Community Crossings Grant for a double layer of microsurfacing on School Street.
Rader spoke with Pavement Solutions to ask for an updated estimate for the project. Total estimated cost for the project is $39,000, with the town’s portion of the cost being $7,800, if the town is awarded the grant.
• Leesburg Town Council meetings can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/@LeesburgIndiana46538
• Information about town ordinances can be found online at https://www.leesburgindiana.com/
The next regular meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9.
