News for
April 1, 2026

 

By Myrna Trauntvein
TN Correspondent

CentraCom is done with the biggest part of the job--putting in place the infrastructure in Mona--and now they would like to do a service project for the community.

“We have finished the fiber build,” said Faylyn Warnick, CentraCom Community Development Director.

She said that each year the company chooses to do a service project and this year Mona had been selected.

“The project you selected is not enough,” she said.

She said that the company representative who did some prior investigation of proposals said it would take 10 workers about 45minutes to complete and there are usually 25 people who show up for a project.

The city had requested clean-up of the yard between the fire station and the city maintenance building.

Alicia Hills, city recorder, said that she and the office workers had been thinking of other things the city might add to the list.

The bleachers on the north side of the ball field are made of wood and need to be sanded and repainted and the freeway off and on ramps have lots of trash accumulated and need to be cleaned.

“We are building pickleball courts and you could take out the old backstop,” said Devan Ingram, city council member.

Also, the old trees around the park pavilion could be trimmed back since the city was planning to make the pavilion larger, said Tony Openshaw, council member.

Kris Kay, council member, said that a couple of the trees would probably need to be removed.

Kevin Squire, council member, said the plans were to almost double the size of the current pavilion to the west.

Kay said that the most helpful might be removing the backstop. They did, however, want to keep the dugouts for people to sit in at the pickleball courts. Those, by the way, were coming along quickly.

“I think that gives us the potential to do enough to keep busy,” said Warnick. “We can also bring heavy equipment which makes the operators happy.”

She would have the project planner technician look over the various suggestions and come up with a plan.

The next question, she said, was the date and time that the projects could take place. The best time for CentraCom would be mid-week in May.

“May 6 is the R6 conference so that would not be a good time,” said Linda Steele, city finance director.

The second week of May might work the best, she said.

Warnick said she would check that out with the crew.

“We will have a tech located here permanently so if you have problems or concerns, you can talk to a real person,” said Warnick.