By Emilie Parten, Reporter on the Rove
The Oak Valley Town Council met on the 8th of October to discuss roads, commerce, annexation, and ladies’ night in a regular session.
The county has been working very closely with Oak Valley on the repair of their bridge and the repaving of their roads. More loads of asphalt are expected to be hauled in the near future to continue with the road improvement. The city is also looking into options regarding the removal of a tree that has been causing excessive flooding during storms. At this time, the city is looking into bids for stump removal or grinding.
A meeting was held between Riot, Oncor and Oak Valley to clarify the franchise taxes, bringing Riot completely on board with the annexation plan. Oak Valley is pushing for annex approval before December 31st.
The reason for the annexation request is to aid in the growth of the Oak Valley community by being able to apply for matching grants on the community, municipality, and state levels. As it stands currently, Oak Valley does not have enough funds to apply for matching grants as they would require the city to put forth a certain amount of money in order to get back twice as much.
The annex plan is not fully in place at this time, but it is set to be voted on in the November meeting.
Oak Valley’s National Night Out was attended by more than ninety people, including several from outside the community.
Oak Valley’s Ladies Night ladies were the ones that organized, planned, and put together the NNO events and were thrilled with the turnout.