The Leesburg Town council meeting kicked off with their pre-council meeting on Monday, starting off with Cindy McGinnis with the Family Care Center and the upcoming Duck Race.
The town council approved for a seasonal temporary employee to be hired until January 2023. The employee will be responsible for cutting grass, as well as helping out with special events such as Leesburg day in September and Christmas in the Park in December. This is to help alleviate the workload in lieu of an employee who is undergoing chemo treatments for liver cancer. The council is in hopes that he will be able to return to work at least by January.
A liquor store opening in Leesburg was approved in tonight’s meeting. Steven Kirkpatrick and his business partner explained to the council that there is not a liquor store on this side of the lake, and they have come up with a good idea to give back to the local economy and help invest in that by opening “Leesburg Liquors”. More on this story here.
It was discussed at last month’s meeting that the Leesburg Fire Department needed new uniforms. The council has decided what is really needed is the purchase of new appliances that were left off of the remodel project, as well as a mini-split AC Unit for the Leesburg Fire Department. The appliances will cost around $1,248, and the Mini-split, being purchased at Vaughn’s Heating and Cooling, will cost around $3,200 installed, for a total of $4,448. This would be purchased through funds that are already available.
The fire department also needs five sets of new gloves, which will cost around $500. The uniforms that are also needed, Mayor Brandy Pierce stated those would need to be in another budget, as they will cost approximately what the new appliances will cost. Overall, approx. $8,622.34 is what is needed to purchase everything for the fire department.
A hot debate also occurred between resident, Greg Lumpkin and Mayor Pierce. Click here for the full story.
And finally, a resident has requested sewer service that would require a 1,000 ft. extension down Ewing Gap Road. There will be another lot near the resident that could take advantage of the sewer service, but this is mainly for the one that is requesting it. There is another resident who resides on Lakeshore that is paying to have pipe installed for sewer service. No prices for this project were discussed during the meeting.