SUBLETTE — The Village of Sublette may seeing an upgrade to its walking path.

Chris Leffelman, from the Sublette Park Board, talked to the Sublette Village Board on Oct. 8 about the options available for repairing the walking path.

Leffelman said that one option would be to re-lime the path. They would need about 150-200 tons of lime and the estimated costs would be $6.50 per ton plus $5 a ton to haul it. He said he talked with businesses that do blacktopping and the companies wouldn’t be able to do the job unless the path was 8-feet-wide, because of equipment limitations.

Leffelman said he talked to some cement companies, and with the estimated length of the path to be 1,400 feet long, and making it 6 feet wide, the village would need about 135 yards of concrete for the walking path. The estimated costs for the concrete next spring would be about $17,000, not including labor. Leffelman added that rebar would be an additional cost, and he doesn’t recommend making the path concrete unless rebar is added.

He said that the concrete would be five inches thick. He added that he would like to see posts set in the middle at each end of the path, so no one would be able to drive down the path.

Leffelman said the park board has been maintaining it as best as they can. He added that he thinks the concrete path would look great and that even more people would use the walking path if it was a concrete path.

Leffelman said the park board has some money saved for this project, but would like the village to also pay for the project. Leffelman said the park board would pay for all the labor, which would be about $5,000-$6,000, if the village would pay the remaining cost of the project.

Sublette Village Board member Julie Kessel asked if the park board has looked into any grants to help pay for the project. Leffelman said no one on the park board has. Kessel said she had found grants that would have helped the village pay for the new trees in the park, but with the deadline and when the village purchased the trees, it didn’t work out for the village to apply for it.

No action on the walking path was done at this time.

In other board news:

• Petitions are available for the three open, four-year term Sublette Village Board positions in the April 2019 election. The positions held by Richard Klaser, Jerry Leffelman and Scott Hansen will be up for re-election. The filing period for the petitions is Dec. 10-17.

• Trick or treating hours have been set for 4-6 p.m., on Sunday, Oct. 28. The Sublette Indians 4-H Club will be hosting their annual Halloween Party from 6-7 p.m.

• Don Dinges reported that the Village of Sublette’s float won first place in the Mendota Sweet Corn parade. He added that he is looking to have a meeting for planning Sublette’s Christmas Walk within the next week. Dinges also asked the board if they would purchase a half page ad in the Lee County Tourism’s 2019 Fun Guide at the cost of $535. He said he would see if Sublette 365, the car show and the Sublette Business Association would each chip in $100 to help pay for the cost of the ad. No action was taken on the matter.

• The board approved a motion to have Willett and Hoffman Engineer Firm in Dixon give the village a cost estimation on engineering work for repairing East First Street.

• The board approved expenditures to repairs items at the water department, and purchased six new water meters.

• The board approved the purchase of a new overhead door at the water treatment plant at a cost of $2,300.

• The board approved a motion to repair the air conditioning unit at the Ellice Dinges Center, spending between $900-$1,300.

• The board will have a committee meeting in the next month to discuss how and what the village will charge for snow removal, renting the Ellice Dinges Center and mowing.

• The village has received a proposal from Republic Waste for curbside recycling. Sublette Village President Michael Vaessen said the county is looking to have the village split the cost with them for the recycling center in Sublette. He said the county would pay half of the cost, and the village, with the help of the township, would pick-up the other half of the costs. The village will discuss the option of the curbside recycling at the next meeting.

The next Sublette Village Board meeting will be held at 7 p.m., on Monday, Nov. 12, in the Ellice Dinges Center.