The clay sewer pipe replacements issue is percolating again. Now that several hundred residents have had their laterals replaced, some of the problems with the current policy are beginning to show more clearly.  The Village staff have advanced new proposals for handling some of the problems that have come up.

More importantly, Gabe Konopka, a regular attendee at the Village Board meetings, has contributed his own proposal for revising the current Policy. It looks like a good start to me, and a great basis for further discussion by the Village Board

There’s a summary of the issue in the Info-Center. I’ll update this summary as things move along.

I’ll keep you posted !  If you have any questions or concerns,  please post a comment below or send me an email.  I can pass along your comments and suggestions to the Village leadership, use them to guide further developments on LittleChuteMatters.org, or just chat with you “over the fence.”  Either way, I’d enjoy hearing from you !

Notes are available for the Village Board meeting of April 21st. This is the first meeting of the Village Board that has the three newly elected Trustees seated on the Board.

There won’t be any notes for the April 28th meeting for a while. I wasn’t able to attend the meeting last week, and I just found out that there’s a 10-day turnaround for cassette tapes of the meetings. I’ll post a summary of the official Meeting Minutes once those become available in a week or so.

On Saturday April 24, 2010, from 8 a.m to noon, residents from Little Chute and surrounding areas can bring computers and other electronics they want to recycle to the parking lot of the Save A Lot grocery story at 133 West Main Street, Little Chute.

Save A Lot will also be sponsoring a Brat Fry during the event and afterwards, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

According to the recycling company (RecycleThatStuff.com), they will take, at no charge, LCD flat screen computer monitors, computer mice, CPUs, laptops, keyboards, computer cords, circuit boards, UPSs, power strips, scanners, printer cables, printers, telephones, cell phones, fax machines, VCRs, DVD players and stereo equipment.

They charge fees for the following items: $10.00 fee for CRT computer monitors, small copiers, and microwaves; $15 for dehumidifiers and small air conditioners; $20 fee for large copiers and TV’s under 19″ $30 fee for TV’s 19″-30″ $50 fee for TV’s over 30″.

RecycleThatStuff.com will also pay for copper, brass, aluminum (sorry, no cans), stainless steel, insulated wire, Christmas tree lights, pots/pans, and other various metals.

Full details can be found on the Village’s website on the CivicAlerts page

The meeting notes for the Trustees’ Committee of the Whole meeting on April 14th, 2010 are now in the info-center.

It was a short meeting.

Laurie Hansen’s comments to the board at the meeting are worth considering. It seems to me that Laurie raises some good issues about the safety of the intersection at Bluff Avenue and Grant Street.

The 3rd annual Fox Cities Book Festival begins today! Check out their website at http://www.foxcitiesbookfestival.org/ for planned activities.