Westport Island selectmen will not convene on Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for their regularly scheduled board meeting, but will instead be down on the shore to oversee the Ferry Landing project.
Selectmen said during their Monday board meeting they would meet with attorney Elliot Field to discuss what will be the new town landing. The town has hired contractor Bill Whorff Inc. Crews have been busy digging up the area at the end of Ferry Landing Rd.
Grant funding for the project includes coverage for the cost of the parking lot, a concrete ramp and removable pilings to hold some floats in place. Workers have set up a site on the project for a privy, as well.
The town will get several wooden floats for the project through a grant, funding an inmate worker program. Selectmen signed a contract with Charleston Correctional Facility to build six wooden floats. Each of the floats are to be built 8 by 20 feet and will be delivered for $950. Selectmen chair George Richardson said the float-building contract is for $1500.
Sand payments
The town has received a check in partial payment to the town for the cost of some leftover sand. According to Richardson, they received a $50 monthly check to cover payments for the sand from Ronald Harrison. Harrison, a local snowplow contractor, agreed to pay the town for an estimated 400 cubic yards of leftover sand for a total cost of $2800.
Selectmen agreed they would not need to take legal action, provided Harrison makes an effort to pay for the sand and sticks to a monthly payment of at least $50.
