City of Sparta prepares for winter weather

Sparta Board of Mayor and Aldermen met briefly, on Oct. 2, as they moved quickly through an agenda that had just four items that required their attention.

One of those items included preparing for the upcoming winter. The board approved the purchase of 95 tons of Bulk Salt at the cost of $127 per ton. The $12,065 purchase, which was already included in the annual budget, will come under a State Contract with Morton Salt.

“That’s about what we use,” the public works director said when aldermen Travis McBride asked if this was the normal purchase and then explained that even though there is still salt in the city’s bin, the purpose behind the timing of the purchase request. “We want to go ahead and get it while it’s dry outside. When you need it, you need it right then.”

Also on the agenda for the regularly scheduled meeting was the approval of the listing of 15 items as surplus and no longer needed by the city. Upon the decision Thursday night, Mayor Jerry Lowery was given the approval to list the following items for sale on Govdeals.com:

a) 2009 Ford F250 Truck 1FTSX21569EA63940 – STREET

b) 1981 Wrecked Kentucky Box Trailer 1KKVD4511BL001619 – STREET

c) Steel Concrete Forms - STREET

d) Titan Bushhog S/N 0106548 - STREET

e) 40 Stadium Lights - STREET

f) Misc Weed Eaters, and leaf blowers - STREET

g) 15-400watt 480volt Cobra Head Lights - ELECTRIC

h) 5 Filing Cabinets, Office Dividers, Wooden Desk - ELECTRIC

i) Apache Scales - ELECTRIC

j) Wire Tensioner – ELECTRIC

k) Misc hand power tools - ELECTRIC

1) Wire Reel Trainer - ELECTRIC

m) 3 Pallets of used Misc Fire Equipment - FIRE

n) 2009 Ford Focus Vin#1FAHP36N69W145627 – POLICE

o) 2015 Chrysler Town and Country Vin# 2C4RC1BG0FR505436 - POLICE

The other decision-making item on the agenda was the approval of an Off-Premises Beer Permit for Peacock Express #1, which plans, along with Dairy Queen, to reopen at the end of the month.

After the aldermen had a chance to review reports provided from the heads of the city’s various departments and with no new or unfinished business presented to the board, the meeting was adjourned.

The next meeting of Sparta Board of Mayor and Aldermen will be 5 p.m., Oct. 16, at city hall.