Seneca to use smaller rock on Shirttail Creek Road under grant to improve safety

Seneca’s fire chief told the City Council on Jan. 9 that the town can alter the rock ordered under a recent grant and instead place smaller rock on Shirttail Creek Road to improve safety.

"After talking with the grant specialist concerning the grant we received for rock, we can switch from the rock we are scheduled to receive this spring to smaller rock to be placed on Shirttail Creek Rd for safety purposes," Fire Chief Mike Allen said. He presented the change as an allowable substitution under the grant terms.

The discussion was recorded during the meeting’s open-floor segment; council members did not take a separate roll-call vote on the material change during the session. The change was presented as staff direction for the spring project and will proceed under the existing grant unless the council requests additional formal action.

Councilors and staff will follow up on scheduling and placement details with the grant specialist and public works staff before the spring delivery.