E-Town council hosts first February meeting

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.

The council approved two municipal orders. The first accepted C and C Portables LLC’s bid for Porta-John services for Elizabethtown Parks and Recreation, valued at $85 per unit. The second authorized the purchase of 501 Commerce Drive for $25,000. Reading from the municipal order, City Attorney Ken Howard said the purchase is part of the city’s efforts to extend Commerce Drive.

“The city has budgeted funds for the expansion and extension of Commerce Drive from Executive Drive to its terminus at Springfield Road, to include the acquisition of additional public street right-of-way and the acquisition of utility and drainage easements,” Howard read.

An ordinance approving the rezoning of 614 through 622 Pear Orchard Road from Suburban Residential (R-2) to Urban Residential (R-3) was approved on its second reading.

Elizabethtown Director of Public Works Don Hill provided an update on the city’s efforts to remove snow and ice from recent winter storms. Hill said the city has used 383 tons of salt and $11,274.91 worth of fuel, and crews have put in 1,682 regular hours and 862 hours of overtime. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said he was proud of the efforts of the city workers as they dealt with what he described as “four inches of ice welded to asphalt.”

“This has been a challenge,” Gregory said. “They’ve worked tremendously hard at trying to get these roads open. I know all of them aren’t ideal. I was driving around through some of them today, but I will at least say that people can get to where they need to go in the city of Elizabethtown.”

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet February 9.