As the Walking the Wards series continues, Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith made a special stop at the Allen County Council on Aging.
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Lima City Council had a full agenda Monday night, making decisions on two tax abatements and a study for a potential new water treatment plant.
Plans for a floating solar field in the City of Lima are getting closer to reality. The city will be receiving millions of dollars in federal grants for the construction of floating solar panels at Twin Lakes Reservoir. On Monday night, Lima City Council unanimously voted to accept $2.5 million through two grants from the Department of Energy for the project: one for $500,000 and the other for $2 million. The floating solar panels will help the City of Lima to power the water treatment plant at Twin Lakes Reservoir while saving the taxpayer money.
It was called long overdue, but on Friday the city of St. Marys broke ground on a $20 million water treatment facility.
The City of St. Marys is borrowing more than $3 million to upgrade their water and electrical systems.