JACKSON SEWER PROJECT ALMOST READY

JACKSON -- After months of delays and unanticipated costs, the Grandview Acres sewer project could be complete by Jan. 1, Public Works Director Jim Roach told the Board of Aldermen Monday.

The project is a sanitary sewer retrofit in a subdivision that has been operating on septic systems. The approximately 50 landowners requested annexation into the city because of problems with their systems.

The city set a fixed price of about $5,000 per homeowner to help pay for the lift station and trunk line. That price may vary according to the size of the property.

The city will absorb about $100,000 in unanticipated costs, most of it due to extra rock excavation that had not been foreseen in the engineer's estimate.

The board approved a change order of nearly $62,000 Monday night to PR Developers Inc. to pay for additional rock drilling, seeding and placing straw. It will be up to the individual homeowners to arrange for tying into the sewer system. That cost is estimated at $2,000 to $2,500 apiece.

Roach said a 30-day period to allow for settling of the system and testing will follow before homeowners can begin tying in.

Homeowners can pay for the sewer either in a lump sum or over 10 years through an addition to their yearly tax bill plus interest.

In other business the board:

-- Approved the voluntary annexation of property owned by SEMO University Foundation, Warren Place L.C., Donald Heuer and Rebecca A. Heuer Trust, Cape Girardeau County and the Cape Special Road District. The 745 acres will be added to the city's new Tax Increment Financing District.

Jackson Board of Aldermen

City Hall

Monday, Dec. 7

Public hearing

-- Held hearing to consider the voluntary annexation of property owned by Randy D. Reutzel and Larry L. Reutzel.

Action items

Power and Light Committee

-- Approved the voluntary annexation of property owned by SEMO University Foundation, Warren Place L.C., Donald L. Heuer and Rebecca A. Heuer Trust, Cape Girardeau County and the Cape Special Road District.

-- Reappointed Steve Wilson to serve as city representative on the board of directors of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association for a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 1999.

-- Set a public hearing to consider the 1999 proposed budget for Monday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

-- Approved an ordinance calling for a general municipal election on April 6, 1999, to fill the offices of mayor and aldermen of the City of Jackson.

-- Authorized payment of Jackson Missouri Electric System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 1998, due Jan. 1, 1999, in the amount of $235,0000 principal and $20,368.75 interest.

-- Approved Change Order #4 in the amount of $39,318.56 and Pay Request #6 in the amount of $61,727.53 to PR Developers, Inc., under the District Sewers No. 2R, 2R1 and 2R4 (Grandview Acres) Contract.