The Central City Village Board of Trustees gave approval on Tuesday to apply for an Illinois Safe Routes to School grant. The grant, if received, would pay for a $250,000 project to add sidewalks, sidewalk ramps, signage, and painted crosswalks along parts of Harrison Street, Morrison Street, Marvin Street, Commercial Street, Broadway, and Hardin.
If the grant is received, an estimated $224,400 will cover construction costs, while the village will expect to pay $25,600 in engineering costs. Central City worked with the South Central Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission on the grant application.
In other business, the board discussed purchasing new flags to replace worn and damaged flags that are currently in use but tabled the item until a price could be determined. Trustee Rose Ann Pickett said the current budget may not have room for the purchase.
In the police report, Police Chief Jamie Ramsey said that he has added additional medical equipment to Central City police vehicles to better allow officers to assist victims when they are the first to the scene of an accident. Ramsey also told the board that Central City has been selected to receive a large number of juice boxes from the nonprofit Operation Juice Box. The Central City School Resource Officer will distribute these juice boxes to students as part of an effort to build up the relationship between students and law enforcement.
