By Lauren Young
staff writer
As per tradition, Village of Fayetteville Mayor Mark Olson listed the village’s Top 10 Initiatives for 2019 during the village board’s first meeting of the New Year. The following initiatives include:
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Forestry Management Plan for Duguid Park
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Village’s 175th Anniversary Celebration & Commemoration — to be celebrated on May 6; activities to be determined.
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LED Street Light conversion — to start in the next few weeks. The village was first awarded the $50,000 grant to replace the lighting last April.
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I&I Sewer Conversion with the county — part of the Meadowbrook-Limestone Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kirkville that needs to undergo $9 million worth of “corrective measures” to fix it.
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Canal Landing Phase 5 plan and grant
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Construct Safe Routes Sidewalk Project Phase II — scheduled to begin at the start of the summer and to be completed by the end before school starts.
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Village-wide compost pilot program
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Senior center construction/renovation
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Continue to stabilize tax rate
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Bishop’s Brook/Limestone Bank Stabilization Project — construction for this grant-funded project is slated to begin June 2020.
