The township originally reported that the residents of the Old English Estates off Thihart Road, Grand River Avenue and Cornell Woods Subdivision were experiencing a water outage.Īfter further investigation, the township discovered that the water issue was more widespread and discovered the water main break. ORIGINAL STORY | Meridian Township is investigating a widespread water outage due to a water main break at Haslett and Park Lake roads. | Meridian Township is extending their boil advisory until 5:30 p.m. If the department doesn’t get ARPA funds, Hamel said, he will write grants and the department will still get them in the next few years.UPDATE, Friday 1:45 p.m.
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With the breathing apparatuses, the department could upgrade to a new style that is lighter and easier to clean and maintain, reducing a buildup of fire carcinogens, he said.
“And these power cots will alleviate that,” he said. Hamel said emergency responders using the cots have to lift each patient three times and having dozens of patients over the course of the day can lead to a lot of back, knee, hip, elbow and shoulder injuries. "It would be the beginning and the end of providing that particular service and adding that particular capacity," she said. Meridian Township Supervisor Patricia Jackson said she was in favor of using the funds on projects that could be completed with a one-time infusion of money, like upgrades for the fire department.
“And if we were to have an attack on our network and our data were to be hijacked or ransomed, we would lose in so many different ways.” “The threats to public networks right now are at an all-time high,” Meridian Township Treasurer Phil Deschaine said. The IT system is unreliable and severely outdated - and $900,000 could improve the system from a "D-" to an "A," Walsh wrote. When it comes to IT improvements, the township was planning on spending $500,000, but ARPA funds could allow officials to use money to support other township critical needs.
“I think we need to make sure that we are able to follow through on that, despite the rising costs.” “I think that's something that absolutely has been a promise made to the residents,” Trustee Scott Hendrickson said.
But better local roads are near or at the top of residents’ wish list, Walsh wrote in the memo. The township’s local road program is suffering due to the pandemic, as well as rising costs of commodities, with most road projects costing 22% to 25% more than the previous year. “For me when I think about the spending, I close my eyes and I think about 45,000 residents and what would they want, and roads comes to the top of the list for me,” Walsh said. In addition to those upgrades, there were two ARPA uses township officials said were priorities : Spending about $1.4 million on the local road program and $900,000 on information technology improvements. Invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.īoth Meridian Township Manager Frank Walsh and Director of Project Management & Operations Melissa Massie sent memos to board members listing potential ARPA uses, including: An enhanced township video surveillance security system for $300,000, windscreens at Marketplace on the Green for $175,000, $600,000 for pathways and right-of-ways, and the fire department improvements like power cots, which have a battery-powered hydraulic system.Provide premium pay for essential workers.Respond to far-reaching public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic.31, 2026.įunds are restricted by federal rules and must be used to: Meridian Township has received about $2.2 million of the $4.5 million and expects to receive the rest in October.
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