The Town Council voted to contract with Sweetland LTD to provide garbage collection and disposal for all town residents now paying for service.  This change will begin September 1, 2024.  This was publicly bid and Sweetland was the lowest responsive bidder.  Residents will still be billed by the town on their utility bills, and the town will pay Sweetland.  Residential collection will increase to $17 per month for weekly pick up.  Businesses will increase to $20 per month for weekly pickup.  You may use your existing trash cans.  If you want to purchase a 95-gallon toter from Sweetland, they are $99, but this is NOT required.  Dumpster rates will increase based on the size and times picked up per week.  The Town was losing just under $100,000 per year providing service with our own trucks and labor.  With the closing of the Tyson Foods facilities here in Corydon, the Council is considering all options to help offset that loss of revenue.

Summer construction project season is upon us.  Town employees are busy painting fire hydrants around our system.  We have 354 hydrants, and everyone will be visited.  Most need painting, but some installed in the last three years do not.  Our crews are also replacing hydrants found to be in bad shape.  Contract crews will be upgrading a water main from Cedar Glade across Big Indian Creek up near the entrance of the YMCA.  This old 8” cast iron main has a history of leaks and will be replaced with a 12” Ductile Iron main.  Work will begin September 1^st.  We also plan to re-line about 10,000 feet of old 1939 clay tile sewer mains.  Cleaning and inspection of these sewers are nearly complete, and lining will begin around the end of August.  We are also cleaning, inspecting, and spray lining 100 manholes as part of this project.  Most of these manholes are hand brick laid, also from 1939.  We will be focusing on these 1939 sewer mains for the next two years.  These water and sewer projects are being paid with monies from our last bond issue.

The last low head dam on Indian Creek is slated to be removed at the end of August by the owner of the dam.  The low head dams were built for water supply and NOT flood control.  Anyone saying otherwise is ill informed.  The town was neither for or against the removal of the dam and had no say in the decision.  The owner of the dam already has all state, local and federal permits in hand to do the work.

We have been awarded a $350,000 grant for the Skate Park construction from the Harrison County Community Foundation.  Engineering and final preparations are under way, and we hope to break ground this winter or early next spring.  This will be the final piece of Rice Island Park and the overall facilities there.  We are grateful for our partners:  Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Corydon, and the Harrison County Community Foundation.  Anyone wishing to purchase a “brick” or make another donation should contact Lisa Long at the Chamber.  We really appreciate Lisa’s work to assist us with raising funds. 

Make sure to check our community calendar on the website for all the events planned in town this year.  Our partners at Mainstreet Corydon have a fabulous list of events ready for you to enjoy.