Last week’s initiative to clean the streets of the city of Little Falls was a success, so much so that Alderwoman Teresa Lee said that the program will continue this Friday and next, with the seventh and eighth grade students at Little Falls Middle School again participating.
“Everything went well. The students worked hard and did a good job, and walked away with a sense of accomplishment and pride,” said Lee, a teacher at the middle school who organized the effort alongside members of the Little Falls Tourism and Beautification committees. “The students were excited to get to work and we hope to build on that excitement when we continue the program the next two Fridays.”
Mayor Bob Peters echoed Lee’s sentiments. “The students did a good job,” he said. “I’m glad to see that they want to keep it up.”
Lee said the seventh grade students would volunteer this Friday, with the eighth grade students participating next week.
“There was work that we could not get to last week,” she said. “We hope to clean in front of the storefronts and wash the windows.”
In addition to the middle school students cleaning Main and Albany streets last Thursday, Little Falls High School students cleaned Columbus Park and the Miracle Mile. The students were joined by volunteers from the community, who will again help out when the program continues.
In other business Tuesday:
•The Common Council approved the issuance of a bond anticipation note in the amount of $128,423 for the repair of Burwell and Smith streets.
Mayor Peters said the money would cover the repair of damages caused by a water main break. “I have to thank the hospital staff for their understanding, and R.D.’s Gorge View Lanes and Randy Dawley for the use of their parking lot the past month and a half,” said Peters. “This is a big effort to make these repairs and the Department of Public Works and Rick Zilkowski are doing a fine job. This break took everyone by surprise, but since that time everyone has been doing excellent work. Again, I have to thank Little Falls Hospital for their patience in this matter.”
At last month’s meeting of the Board of Public Works, the city’s public works supervisor said that 180 feet of pipe was replaced. With the project currently in its first phase, Zilkowski said the second phase would entail putting a top on the hospital’s parking lot and slip lining the existing pipe or installing a new pipe, where there are wear problems. He added that in July a binder coat would be put on the parking lot, with new curbing, sidewalks and street paving also included in the work yet to be completed.
•Patricia Vail and Stanley Zysk were appointed to the board of assessment.
•Amanda Connor was hired as a part-time clerk at a salary of $8 per hour. City Treasurer David Petkovsek said Connor would be utilized in his office, the city clerk’s office, the police department, the code enforcement office and at the Urban Renewal Agency office.