The first Allen City Council meeting of the new year was Monday, January 6. After the Minutes and Claims were approved the discussions and reports were given.

A bid was put in to put in on some playground equipment and a news piece of equipment was delivered to the town. The new piece was purchased by the company that did the roof work for the town property. A decision will be made on where to place it, but it will definitely not be In the old location It will be located in the north part of the park. The town purchased asphalt millings from old highways and have been patching them in the larger uneven roadways and potholes. As of right now it has been holding very well. The upcoming winter weather will be a good test for its durability.

Town Administrator Calem Woodward is still waiting on a date to visit with SODA about grants for the road on Broadway.

Police Chief Darrell Armstrong reported that December has been the usually busy month with traffic monitoring, suspicious persons, vehicle unlocks and vandalism. We have been interviewing people for the empty police position but so far have not been able to secure anyone. During the month there were 4 trespassing tickets, 1 destroy another’s personal or real property value of less than $2,500, 15 speeding, 1 driving without a license in possession, 1 driving without a driver’s license. The water report states that in November we had our five-year inspection with DEQ. They had some items they believe we need to upgrade, such as: upgrading roofs on the wells the all sheet metal ,place concrete pads on the discharge pipe that extends out the well house, replace 2 pressure gauges. Instructed us to add a backup Chlorine pump and move the point of sampling where we check the chlorine levels. Added a moder digital chlorine and pH tester. They have asked us to add a fence around the water tower by the park and upgrade the fence at the other water tower. The town has taken 3 random samples in town to test for led all samples came back clean and free of lead. Two replacement sewer pumps for the main substation have been ordered and are waiting on a bid on replacement pipes and the main man hole at the sewer plant.

It was agreed at the December meetings to try starting the monthly meetings at 6 p.m. So, starting next month, the February meeting will start then.