The Liberty Township Park Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 5, rather than on the usual third Monday of the month, due to scheduling conflicts.
The public meeting is held at 600 S Simon St, Ada.
The Village of Ada council held a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 16. Council meetings are chaired by Mayor David Retterer who presented minutes from prior meeting and four claims registers, which were approved unanimously.
In addition to two reporters, there was one guest at the meeting. No one came forward during the public comments item.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS
Retterer updated the council on the “wonderful” groundbreaking event earlier in the day to celebrate construction of a new Wilson Football Factory. He presented a construction helmet with a big red Wilson W that will be inscribed with details from the day as a memento.
RESOLUTIONS
Council unanimously approved an Enterprise Zone agreement between the Hardin Council Board of Commissioners and Wilson Football Factory, by emergency. This document is included in the 33-page meeting packet, available on the Village of Ada website HERE.
OLD BUSINESS Councilor Bob Simmons reported on an ad hoc group that is looking at Christmas decorations for downtown Main Street. Samples will be displayed at the Harvest & Herb festival for community feedback.
The Village of Ada will hold a special council and public meeting to discuss proposed safety improvements for the intersection of Buckeye Avenue and Main Street by making Buckeye one-way traffic traveling east from Gilbert Street to Johnson Street and a proposed change to angle parking.
The meeting will take place Tuesday, June 13, 2023 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Community Health Professionals Building, 1200 S. Main St., Ada
This meeting will be held for the purpose of discussion and receiving public input on changing Buckeye Avenue starting at N. Gilbert through the Main Street intersection and continuing to N. Johnson from two-way traffic to one-way traffic traveling in an easterly direction.
The discussion will also include angle and reverse angle parking for the two-block area. The meeting will include information from the Ada Police Department, traffic study information from Choice One Engineering and estimated costs for the project.
The Village of Ada Council meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2 in council chambers at Village Hall, 115 W. Buckeye. The meeting may also be joined remotely with a link available HERE.
The full agenda is available on the Village website HERE.
One item of legislation is on the agenda, An Ordinance Accepting and Confirming the Dedication of Land to be Part of Clint Drive.
The streets committee will present Village of Ada 2023 Street Paving Program bid results and recommendation for award.
The Ada Exempted Village School District issued the following statement on Wednesday, April 26 regarding its athletic conference affiliation:
The Ada Exempted Village School Board voted to accept the invitation to join the Blanchard Valley Conference.
We want to express our appreciation to the Northwest Conference and all member schools for their patience throughout this process.
While we appreciate the rivalries and longstanding traditions we were able to establish in the NWC, we are excited to begin a new chapter as a member of the BVC.
