The Austin City Council will hold a public hearing during its Monday meeting over assessments made for the sanitary sewer project in the northeast Austin annexation. Those who objected to the initial assessment will have a chance to discuss it before a final amount is set.

The total cost of the project, which provides a sanitary sewer system to the annexation, is valued at $867,000. That amount is in the process of being split up and assessed to the residents the sewer project benefit.

 

Other business:

During the regularly scheduled meeting and the work session to follow, the council will also decide whether to:

—award a bid to Bernie’s Equipment Co. for the installation of a vertical conveyer in the Wastewater Treatment Plant administration building. The conveyer would effectively be the same as the old elevator it would replace, except that it can only carry freight, not passengers, and would cost 35 to 50 percent as much.

—approve hiring of a new, part-time community service officer at the police department to replace the present one, who retires at the end of July.

—approve “no parking” traffic signs on 16th Avenue NE, Fourth Street NE, 17th Avenue NE and Third Street NE for Hormel Foods Corp.’s Spamtastic Grand Opening Expansion Celebration. The signs will make room for shuttle buses to the corporate office. All other streets in the Wildwood Park neighborhood would be one-sided parking.

—approve a list of polling places and election judges for the upcoming primary and general elections.

—approve a stop sign for northbound traffic on Second Street SE at the Fourth Avenue intersection. City Engineer Jon Erichson said in a memo that pedestrian and vehicle traffic have picked up as a result of the dog park, and a stop sign would help visibility issues at the intersection.

—consider removing two-hour parking signs from Fifth Place NW at the request of The Donut Connection, which cites difficulties finding long-term parking for the people who live and work in the area.

—grant the Planning and Zoning Department the power to contract for the removal of junk and illegally stored vehicles at five Austin properties: 909 Third Ave. NE, 802 First Ave. NW, 804 First Ave. NW, 602 Second Ave. NW and 2400 Fourth Drive SW.

 —Matt Peterson contributed to this report