Glen Carbon trustees approve 2 new streetlight requests

If the total board approves subsequent month, two extra streetlights shall be added to Glen Carbon’s community by request.

At a public providers committee assembly Tuesday, trustees authorized streetlights for Benes Road at Illinois 159 between Glen Crossing Highway and the border with Maryville.

Public Works Director Scott Slemer mentioned there may be already a pole at this location so including a mounting bracket and lightweight could be easy and incur minimal prices. Then there could be a month-to-month price.

The opposite streetlight would go on the intersection of Fountains Drive and the south aspect of Route 157, outdoors of Fountains of Sundown, Altitude Trampoline Park and the Sundown Hills Funeral Residence. 

Slemer mentioned initially, the smaller, pedestal-type lighting was put in however over time, funeral and different officers there realized the lighting was now not sufficient.

Ameren Illinois crews would want to run about 200 toes of underground line to the intersection and Slemer requested for an aluminum pole versus wooden. The price could be $4,400 plus month-to-month service costs.

Slemer estimated that prices rely on sort of bulb used – 120-watt to 400-watt LED bulbs. He mentioned the Fountains mild would have a 400-watt bulb however he has not seen the 2023 worth breakdown but from Ameren Illinois. He estimated that every streetlight put in tacks on $500-$600 per 12 months in prices for the village. 

The committee unanimously authorized each streetlight requests.

Lastly, the committee authorized a waiver of bidding necessities for Brotcke Nicely and Pump. The corporate will drill 4 new check wells to 100- or 120-feet, round bedrock stage, as the subsequent step ahead for the village’s new water therapy plant. They’ll verify the quantity of move from the aquifer, how the aquifer is constructed, and extra information to calculate the long run wells’ design and placement Slemer requested for the waiver as a result of the village has a longtime relationship with Brotcke. The trustee authorized, 3-0.

The subsequent full board of trustee assembly is Jan. 10, 2023 at 7 p.m. in village corridor, 151 N. Major St.