Comments on: Board Meeting 12/8/08

By: learay

learay — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:38:03 +0000

Dan B. You are 100% correct in what you just stated. When the Village asked Curt numerous times to not put that much sand on the streets and there requests were ignored time after time.

Yes, the County has been taking care of County Route 34 and is deducting the cost from the towns payment they receive in March. As you may have noticed this morning the town is back to plowing County Route 34. I had to use my 4-wheel drive again. The county not only pays the Town $2,950 per mile they also supply ALL the sand and salt. There is no reason for our road not to have any sand on it. I must say I really missed the County Trucks this morning.

By: Dan B.

Dan B. — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:56:53 +0000

Heard a couple of rummors this past week.

1). The village no longer wants the town to sand it’s streets appartly they were willing to pay 1,500 dollars yearly and because the town was putting to much sand on the streets the town has lost that income. The village wanted less sand because of the cost of street sweeping in the spring. Placing less sand on the streets would save money and the town could use more of the 1,500 for other expenses.

2). After several complaints about the west notch road not being plowed to standards the county checked it out and pulled the town off of 34. I have been seeing a lot of yellow plows on the road. Again our town budget is based on income from the county for plowing and sanding the roads. the county also provides the sand. a couple of years ago mike scott said the town can not afford to lose the income and sand from the county. would be nice to hear if these rummors are true and how they will affect our taxes.

By: Ed White

Ed White — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:58:50 +0000

This is a cool site and it helps people like myself who does not live here but pays taxes here to better understand who my neighbors are as well as my elected officials. I also like to know why my taxes are so high in Wirt and how my tax dollars are spent. Hopefully some day, the town meetings will be live on tv like in other town because it’s I can’t get there in person. This site updates me on town issues and cuts right to the chase. Hopefully, most of the negative folks out there will come to realize that this site can be used as a tool to make this town even better.

By: Bob Dunbar

Bob Dunbar — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:05:25 +0000

I can see the frustration with the road names in the area and it is something that should be corrected. Each road or street in each municipality should have only one name that is assigned by the municipality. The Postal Service should not be assigning addresses unless the area has not been converted from the previous Rural Delivery addresses, such as Rural Route 1, Box245. When 911 addresses are assigned using one of the accepted national standards for assigning addresses, then that address should be used by all. These roads should have the proper signs at all corners. The most important reason to use the proper address is for emergency services. As a Postmaster for 25 years I insisted that everone use there proper 911 address not only for the proper delivery of their mail but more importantly for emergency services.

By: Dan B

Dan B — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:55:07 +0000

Not that it needed to be brought up at a town board meeting, but Bob makes a good point. In the Town of Wirt we tend not to call roads by there proper name and the Bolivar post Office does not help. When I lived on Evans Ave the post Office would not deliver mail unless it was addressed west notch when I lived next to Bob they wanted the mail addressed as Pleasant Valley even though we were on Inavale. Pleasant Valley starts at Inavale then becomes Allentown Road at the Intersection by the Clark Road then becomes Drum at the town line. Many call the Hazard Road Snowball even though Snowball is Scio. About 300 yards of the Stewart Road is in the Town of Wirt then as you past the Clair Carrier it becomes Monahan. We Have Two Johnson Roads Johnson on the north end of the town off 275 and Johnson Hill off CTY 40 of course Everybody calls 40 Jordan hill and the map calls it the Richburg Road and on the east side of the village depot street turns into Richburg Hill. As parents it makes it hard to teach your children there street address incase of emergencies does it not. The Fire Company has responded to one home about 4 times over a 2 year period and the house number has been called out as being on Pleasant Valley one time, the next time on Drum, and the Next on Allentown. See someone put a new house on the Allentown Road with a nice sign in the front yard the reads Pleasant Valley on it. Most of us in the fire department are pretty good on the back roads, but we got some new guys so what ever you call you road or put on your mail is fine with me, but you might want to make sure you use the correct name in an emergency so we can find you. Thanks Dan.