Mount Carmel approves $36,000 for wall repair, hiring new mechanic

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January 29th, 2014 10:57 pm by Jeff Bobo

MOUNT CARMEL Mount Carmel leaders voted Tuesday to increase spending by $36,000 to repair a retaining wall at City Hall and hire a certified mechanic.

The BMA unanimously approved an ordinance transferring $36,000 from the budgets general fund to the Highway and Streets Department.

About $10,000 of that money will be used to repair the block wall on the east side of the City Hall property across the alley from the building.

Were going to have to do some wall repair, or were not going to have a wall, were going to have a bank, Mayor Larry Frost said.

Mayor Frost said the main reason the wall is failing is lack of drainage, which will be included in the new project.

Frost added, That wall has been there many years and served this city well for no more than it cost the city. But where it stands now we have no choice. We have to do something.

The wall will be up to 6 feet high at a 12-degree angle and full of stone behind the blocks, where the drainage will be located.

The property line will be surveyed, and state approval is required for the wall engineering design before construction can begin.

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Mount Carmel approves $36,000 for wall repair, hiring new mechanic