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In a 4-3 preliminary vote Tuesday, Fort Wayne City Council voted not to accept a $90,000 grant from the state for 27 electric car charging stations around the city.
The grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management would cover roughly a quarter of the overall cost; the city would be on the hook for $250,000 of the cost for purchase and installation, which would need to be completed by 2022.
While all members of Council agreed in the importance of supporting electric vehicles throughout the city, some were concerned about the limitations of where they would be located in the community. Specifically, none of the proposed locations were within the southeast part of the city.
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GARRETT â Plans are moving forward to open the Garrett City Pool this summer.
Work has begun this week to dismantle the large, blue slide at the city pool in order for a new slide to be installed this spring, according to Parks Superintendent Eric Mossberger.
The city is taking applications for lifeguards and will train them for the season, with the mindset that the pool will be open this year. Applications can be made at City Hall or on the cityâs webpage.
City Planner Milton Otero told the Board of Works Tuesday the 2021 Boundary and Annexation Survey paper maps have been updated and submitted. Savings from 2019 and 2020 Community Crossings Matching Grants will be submitted as a change order to the Indiana Department of Transportation, reflecting new amounts.
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Although council members acknowledged that electric vehicles appear to be the wave of the future, some wondered whether the stations could be more equitably distributed throughout the community. None of the locations identified in the proposal are on Fort Wayne s southeast side or near the airport.
“With all that we see going on currently with the minority groups, it seems like as we build infrastructure and grow, they re always one of the last, and when devastation happens it impacts them greater,” said Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, D-6th. “I m wondering why we don t see maybe one or two more on the southern portion of the city as opposed to were they currently are.”