RW Council to join county in paving bid

Richwood Council agreed to piggyback with the county and put forward $300,000 for paving work for village streets this year.

At a recent meeting of the Richwood Council, Fiscal Officer Sarah Sellers said that the village has accumulated $100,000 per year from the streets levy for the last three years. Sellers said she received a rough estimate of how far that money would go toward paving.

“$300,000 would pave around 1 ¼ to 1 ½ miles of street,” Sellers said.

“That’s not far,” council member Donnie Ridgeway said.

Either way, Sellers said council had to decide whether they wanted to go in with the county this year so that they can get their bid in. Alternatively, council co…

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