The announcement came at the March 2, 2010 meeting of the commission and was delivered by Boone County Public Service District Director Fred Riggleman.
"Very close to 100% of homes in Boone County that wish it has potable water and there are approximately 23 small projects in the county remaining to finish," Riggleman told commissioners. He said some of those include homes on very small streets in isolated areas of the county, a number of hollows, and projects such as Turtle Creek and surrounding areas.
One of the more labor intensive projects is the entire Joe’s Creek water plan. The director announced that the final booster station for Joe’s Creek has been shipped and will be installed on-site by the end of April.
Commissioners accepted a waiver from water officials in order to file a HUD Small Cities Block Grant for the Mud/River Cox’s Fork area of the county and the final performance report for the Pond Fork Wastewater Treatment Facility. This report also signifies that the Pond Fork project is substantially complete.
One water project that is "moving slowly" is the Mud River/Cox’s Fork project. Terry Martin, of the Regional Intergovernmental Council, the group that has helped guide these public works projects since the beginning, announced that more help is needed from residents in the area.
"Regulations stipulate that 80% of all homes in an area planned for a project such as what we want to do there have to complete and return an income survey," Martin told commissioners. "Thus far, only 52% of homeowners there have returned the forms." He said more effort should be made to collect the forms. Martin also announced that a public meeting on the Mud River/Cox’s Fork project is scheduled for March 16th. "At that time we hope we can answer questions from anyone there who might want to address us."
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