HUNTERTOWN - The Huntertown Town Council approved a $49,000 bid from API Construction Corp. out of LaOtto to work on five street projects within Town.

The Town received five bids and API was the lowest bidder by more than $12,500.

Work areas for the projects include the section of Gump Road between State Road 3 and Old Lima Road, Hathaway Road between State Road 3 and Bethel Road, Woods Road from Old Lima Road to the Town Limits at the Towne Square subdivision, and the intersection of Silver Shadow Drive and Cedar Canyons Road in the Classic Heights subdivision.

Work along Gump Road includes sweeping, cleaning, and tacking the existing asphalt, resurfacing, placing two inch wide limestone shoulders on each side, and re-painting double-yellow lines in middle and white lines on each side of the road.

Work along Hathaway road consists of patching, some surface work, and some minor ditchwork. Similar patching and surfacing work will be done along Woods Road and some milling of the asphalt at the Silver Shadow Drive and Cedar Canyons Road intersection.

That project also includes work on manhole castings and water valve boxes.

Work for the five projects is scheduled to be completed within 30 days of the projects’ start date.

In other Town Council news:

* The council voted to hire a new employee for Huntertown’s Utility department.

The full time position includes general town services, meter reading, street work, and snow plowing, among other duties.

Applications are available at the Huntertown Town Hall.

* In an ongoing issue related to flooding along properties on Hunter Street that adjoin the Towne Square Develpoment, the Town Council voted to rescind a recent motion that cut-off building permits for the developer.

Susie Hoot and Brian Fleming, both representing the Developer, and Allen County Surveyor Al Frisinger spoke to the Council about working together to come up with a solution without blocking building permits.

Residents Dave Smith and Lew Atkinson have attended recent meetings in 2009, as well as meetings in past years, to speak out about the flooding and its negative affect on their property, and the council voted on August 3 to send a letter, giving the developer 30 days to fix the issue or lose building permits.

“They want to work together,” Clerk-Treasurer Robin Riley stated. Riley also said that both sides will investigate the issue further when the crops on the property are harvested.

* The Council approved payment of $39,000 to DLZ for engineering work outside the scope of the Water Works Improvement Plan for the Town.

Originally, Town Engineer Andy Dodzik asked for $47,000, which the Council approved on August 17, but after reviewing their books, the Council asked to have their project figures examined next to DLZ’s figures for the project.

Riley and Dozik met and found Town payment’s totaling $7,901 that came from non-SRF funds. The rest of the Town’s payments for the project came from their SRF fund.