By CHAD COOPER, [email protected]
The Town of Grundy Police Department responded to 206 calls for service during May, according to Police Chief Seth McGlothlin.
McGlothlin provided the department’s monthly report during the June 9 meeting of the Grundy Town Council at the Town Office in the Grundy Plaza.
Of the 206 calls, 34 occurred outside the town limits, and 34 resulted in reportable incidents and investigations. The department made nine arrests, served 11 criminal papers, investigated four reportable traffic accidents, conducted 70 traffic stops and issued 38 summonses.
During his report, McGlothlin also recognized Officer Chapman for reaching a milestone anniversary with the department. Chapman began his service with the Town of Grundy Police Department on May 28, 2001.
McGlothlin informed council members that he will be traveling to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to conduct its official on-site reaccreditation review for the next couple of days. He also said he will be teaching at the police academy the following week and plans to complete the month by renewing his instructor certification.
In other business, Town of Grundy’s IDA properties manager and Grundy Town Manager Dennis Ramey updated council members on the ongoing renovation of the Richardson Building in Downtown Grundy adjacent to the Buchanan County Courthouse.
Ramey said AEP has informed the town that Maple Street, which runs between the Richardson Building and the courthouse, will need to be closed for a day while crews install electrical service to the building.
“We may have to have Maple Street shut down, probably one day, when we put power across it,” Ramey said. “It has to be concreted. It can be 24 inches deep, but the full 24 inches has to be concreted back over top of that power.”
Ramey said Appalachian Power would not allow the utility line to be covered with gravel and paved over.
“They want it isolated under the concrete, so we will probably have to shut down that street completely when we dig it, get the conduit in it and then we’ve got to have a concrete truck sitting there ready to dump it in it,” Ramey said. “It may be overnight that we have to leave it and set and lock it down and then just open it up the next day. That is the only way the power company would agree to it.”
Ramey reported that the installation of ceiling tiles in the Richardson Building has been completed.
“It’s coming together quite well, really,” he said.
Ramey also shared positive news regarding activity at the theater inside the Grundy Community Center. He said monthly ticket sales increased from approximately $20,000 to $24,000.
Maintenance Supervisor Tony Stiltner provided an update on the town’s public works operations during May.
Stiltner said crews have been working to replace lighting at the Grundy Community Center. A shipment of new fixtures arrived recently, and workers plan to continue the project on rainy days by focusing on the theater area.
He also reported that the town’s new garbage truck is temporarily out of service. A mechanic from Kenworth is working on the vehicle and is expected to complete repairs once a needed part arrives.
Stiltner said the town’s seasonal mowing and weed-cutting crews are keeping up with their workload.
“They are doing pretty good,” Stiltner said. “I think they are.”
