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A public hearing was held during the regular Levan Town Council meeting Wednesday, Dec. 10 to discuss the town applying for grant money to help fund the improvements and realignment of the gypsum mine road.

Councilman Ralph Brooks, who is overseeing this project, reported that the town needed to file an application with the Six County Community Impact Board for funding to widen and improve Levan's section of the road.

He said that the town would need to cover the expense of widening the road as well as installing a pipeline. In order to make the road safer the road will need to be widened and the cement ditches alongside the road would need to be covered.

Shepherd said that on the application it said that funding is provided through mineral taxes. He said that Levan will not gain any revenue from routing the road around Levan, but that he hopes he can get some of the tax money through the grant.

Mayor Shepherd stated that Lynn Wall, the engineer hired on this project, gave an estimate much higher($95,000) than the initial estimate made by the council ($34,600). He stated that it would take approximately three months for the funds to become available through the grant.

The town would have to file a separate grant application for funds to cover the cost of the pipeline. The Mayor said that this application would have to go through the Water Quality Board.

The town would need approximately 1,990 feet of 24" PVC pipe for the pipeline from the well to the head house. Also needed in the pipeline project would be check valves in the well and curb and gutter put in by the East well to protect against any contamination.

Councilman-elect Cory Christensen felt that it would be a worthwhile effort to apply for grant money, but asked how it would be funded if the grant fell through. It was stated that the town and the Levan Irrigation Company could split 50-50 the cost of the project.