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Oswego OKs repairs for downtown retaining wall : News : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and Montgomery, IllinoisOswego OKs repairs for downtown retaining wall
| by John Etheredge
| 7/12/2012
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A leaning retaining wall in downtown Oswego will be replaced as a result of action taken Tuesday night by the village board.
Board members voted unanimously to award a contract totaling $11,500 to Forest View Landscaping to take down and reset the block retaining wall that that overlooks the busy intersection of Washington and Madison streets in the village's downtown.
Forest View submitted the lowest of two bids receive by the village for the project. Bids were opened June 18.
In a memo to the board Jerry Weaver, the village's superintendent of public works, described the cost to repair the wall as an "unanticipated expense."
Weaver also noted there is no money in his department's budget to pay for the project. He added he will work with Mark Horton, the village's finance director, to locate funding to pay for the project.
When questioned by board members, Weaver said Forest View will provide the village with a two year warrantee on its work.
Approve funding for
village hall sign lights
In other business Tuesday evening:
_Board members voiced support for awarding a contract totaling $1,411 illuminate the words 'Oswego Village Hall' that were installed on the east side wall of Village Hall, overlooking the Ill. Route 31-U.S. Route 34 intersection.
MCL submitted the lower of two price quotes obtained for the project by the village.
The board agreed to have the letters installed on Village Hall earlier this spring. Previously there was no sign on the Route 31 side of the building indicating its use.
Board members earlier discussed, but ruled out due to cost considerations, having a stand-alone monument-style sign placed on the building's front lawn, adjoining Route 31.
_Police Chief Dwight Baird, Building and Zoning Department Manager Patty Lariviere and Code Enforcement Officer Hector Justiz received employee service awards.
Baird was honored for his 20 years of employment with the village, while Lariviere and Justiz have both worked for the village for the past five years.
Justiz was not present to accept his award. However, Village President Brian LeClercq said he appreciated the difficulties that Justiz faces every day on his job in enforcing the village's codes.
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