4/3/14 - A plan has been adopted and a grant application submitted for a new play structure behind the Oceola Township Hall. At its regular meeting on March 27th, the township board adopted a capital improvement plan, which outlines how the municipality will spend its money on projects over $25,000. The plan outlines road improvements, park upgrades, and one land acquisition, and it is a requirement for the township to apply for a recreation passport grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. If it is awarded, that grant would provide $45,000 toward a project to install a new play structure, pave a parking lot to give access to the structure, and create new handicap-accessible pathways at the township hall. The total project cost is expected to be $127,000. A public hearing was held at the meeting to discuss the grant, but no negative comments from the public were heard, so the board adopted the proposed grant application. Bamber expects to know whether the state will provide the grant in August or September, which would allow construction to begin in spring of 2015. (TD)
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