The city has officially squired a quit claim deed for the property at Douglas Park which included the former lodge building that partially burned in December. Demolition of the building and cleanup should be completed within a few weeks.
At was announced that Scooter’s Coffee is indeed coming to Butler and will be located next to Burger King. While a completion date is unknown, a good guess would be late Summer.
The comprehensive plan is coming together. City Administrator Corey Snead said that survey results are in and a public meeting will be held to discuss with the public in the following weeks. Much work is being put into the comprehensive plan as it will ultimately help forge a positive future for the city of Butler. With that, city department heads have been asked for written 5 year plans for their departments, which will be integrated into the final draft.
A home at 104 E. Pine street has been deemed a dangerous structure and the owner has until March 6 to bring it up to code or steps will be taken by the city to demolish it.
Crews are busy installing more water and electric meters that can be read by radio thus eliminating the need for city workers to manually read them. The new AMI system will intimately save time and money as well as provide valuable information in the event of outages. It is on track to be completed later this year.
Discussion continued about getting fiber internet throughout Butler. At this point it’s open to free enterprise as Osage Valley, Socket, Brightspeed and others are scrambling to be the front-runner despite issues in getting pole lease agreements. In short, it may be another year or two before fiber internet is available throughout Butler.
Remember the Butler city council meets on the first and third Tuesdays, 7 pm upstairs at city hall. An elevator is available for those with special needs and the public is highly encouraged to attend.
