PAGING THROUGH H
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1990
City hall-library project: round 2
With the new year just around the corner, Colby municipal and library officials are reaffirming their commitment to a remodeled city hall and library in 1991, and met this week to resume talks on the project.
Originally planned for 1990, the reconstruction of the building on Spence Street was shelved temporarily when it was discovered the city garage was in dire need of replacement. That was also after the city received bids on the remodeling and expansion project that were substantially beyond the projected budget of $200,000.
Aldermen from the city’s Planning Committee and members of the Library Board met again Dec. 11 for general discussions, and generated a consensus to contact architect Robert Hackworthy of Wausau for a second opinion on the feasibility of city hall - library plans generated last year by another architect, Doug O’Donnell.
Planners had told O’Donnel last year to design a project that could be built for not over $200,000. Receipt of the bids shot that hope down, and the group now wants to know if it will have to scale down the project plans or resign the city to borrowing more than the anticipated $200,000 to get a project sufficient to meet the needs of municipal government and the library.
That, hopefully, is one of the questions Hackworthy will have input on. He designed the Colby fire station and was also in on discussions for the city garage, which will be built just south of the fire station. Any fee payment to Hackworthy would have to be approved by the council.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1970
Council at Abbotsford
The Abbotsford city council met Monday night for the regular monthly meeting.
City engineer Belmont Priest of Owen Ayres and Associates of Eau Claire reviewed plans with the council for sewer extensions to annexed and previously unserved areas, and for sewage treatment plant improvements.
One sewer line would run along Pine Street near the Martin Schulz home, including a lift station in that area, east on Pine to Second Avenue all the way to Linden Street, then east on Linden to cross Highway 13, then south to Abbotsford Auto Company, again east to a lift station near the disposal plant site.
Another major interceptor line would run from the Wollin Silo company site south across Highway 29 and the south to the same lift station.
A third line would also connect to the same lift station from the south, serving the entire annexed area south of the city.
Treatment plant improvements include covers for the filter beds, and a chlorination system for the effluent from the plant.
The council also approved preparation of plans to modify the plant to eliminate the bypass of raw sewage when the plant is flooded by surface water during heavy rains.
This was recommended by Mr. Priest on the basis that, although not required now, the modifications will be expected to be required in the future by the state.
The cost was estimated at up to $5,000 with the possibility of receiving 80 percent federal and state aids.
