Salemburg Public Works Director Scott Owen gave the town board a series of updates at the monthly meeting, including the new Public Works building’s need for a sign.
Work on the new Salemburg Public Works building has been going on since last year and is soon to come to a close. While the building is nearly complete, it currently lacks a sign on the outside of the building. Due to this, Owen stated that citizens in the town don’t know about the building or the department.
“A lot of people walk past the building and say ‘I wonder what that is,’” said Owen. “I want people to know that’s public works.”
At the meeting, Owens brought forth many examples of what the sign could possibly look in addition to size measurements and cost estimates. Depending on the size of the sign and materials to make it, the price ranges could vary from $700 to over $1,000.
“I say if we’ve got the money for it let’s go ahead and put one in,” said Commissioner Scott McLamb.
“We’ve got the money for it, you just have to decide if you want to spend it on this,” replied Town Clerk Teresa Smith.
The need for a new public works building in the town arose in the past few years after the previous one became outdated. According to Mayor Joe Warren, the new building has all the bells and whistles the old one was missing, including air conditioning.
“I believe this is the first time we’ve ever had anything this nice,” said Warren. “You know, we’ve had a building back there to work out of, but nothing like this. This is up to date on everything. It’s got heat and everything, which we didn’t have in the last one. It’s very nice.”
The building located beside the town’s water tower on Fayetteville Street. The new building was scheduled to host the town’s annual New Year’s Eve Heart drop, but work on the building was still being done at the time, which prevented it from being a decent hosting location. Instead, the drop was held at its standard location at the town hall building. Though the final touches are being put on the building right now, the department is working out of the building.
As for the sign, the town approved plans to purchase a sign with Owens in charge of determining its size and design.