Princeton City Council approved a scrap metal bid Thursday morning along with a budget amendment on the second reading that allocates more monetary funds toward last month’s disaster.
During a brief special called meeting at City Hall Thursday morning, Mayor Kota Young said two bids were submitted for the scrap metal. He recommended going with the highest bid of approximately $10,000 the City received from a Providence business.
The bid from S & S Salvage was unanimously approved by a 4-0 vote with council members Morgan Rousseau and Carl Copeland not in attendance at the special called meeting.
In other action, City Clerk Julie Key presented the second reading of the budget amendment allocating a quarter-of-a-million dollars to be used for the December 10 disaster.
Mayor Young noted that at this time the City has not spent the $500,000 the council previously approved during a special called meeting the week following the December tornado. He added the $250,000 is to get the City to the finish line.
He also informed council members they just finished the 30 days where the clean-up costs were 100% reimbursement and they are waiting to see what the state does with the City’s 13% share. Mayor Young added, unfortunately, the federal government has given the flexibility to the state to move that 30-day period, which he said they are closely watching.
He said the City of Princeton started the clean-up process the Monday following the Friday evening December 10th tornado and they hit it hard, sometimes 7 days a week and working all night to get it done within that 30-day timeframe in order to get the 100% reimbursement.
Mayor Young also noted the 30 day period ended this past Sunday and the contractors and volunteers have done an amazing job.
The next regularly scheduled Princeton City Council meeting will be Tuesday evening, January 18, at 5:00 instead of Monday due to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
