Rayburn Township Municipal Building Expands

Supervisors Jeff Livengood, Sam Duncan, and Tom Painter (left to right) stopped by the Rayburn Township Municipal Building yesterday to inspect the work being done in order to expand the building by 18 feet.

by Nathan Lasher

The Rayburn Township Municipal Building is going to be expanded by 18 feet. This expansion will allow for a new bathroom, new windows, office space, and handicapped access to be added to the building. “The building was getting pretty bad,” said Supervisor Tom Painter. “There were a few leaks in the roof, and something had to be done about it.” The plan for the building also includes adding a catch basin for water drainage. “We get about a foot of water outside of our entrance,” said Supervisor Sam Duncan. “Hopefully that will take care of the problem.”

 The new space in the Municipal Building is planned to have many uses. According to the Supervisors, the most important use will be to move Township meetings out of the current trailer they are using and into the building. “We’re adding on so that we have room for the monthly meetings,” said Supervisor Jeff Livengood. “We also wanted to make sure that everything was handicap accessible. It would just be nice if more people would start coming to the meetings and voicing their opinions.” Duncan added to this statement by saying, “We’re hoping this will start some sort of a domino effect. Hopefully more people will start coming to our meetings and maybe we’ll be able to bring a few more businesses to the area.”

 The work for the addition is being done by Roy Crissman. “He’s done a lot of good work for us, and he was the lowest bid for this contract job,” said Painter.  Yesterday, Crissman’s crew began pouring the footer for the addition. “After that, we will be adding the floor and putting up the walls,” said Livengood. “Hopefully it will be done in about a month.”

 “We’d like to dedicate this project to Tom,” said Duncan. “After all he’s done over the past 30 years; it’s the least we could do for him.” Painter accepted the dedication and had a message that he wanted to stress to the residents of Rayburn Township. “We just want to make sure that everyone knows that we have the finances to build this addition. We have been putting money aside for the past three years, and we decided to use some of it to build. We won’t be raising any taxes because of the project.”

 Rayburn Township meetings take place on the first Monday of every month at 6:00PM. They are currently held in a trailer beside the Municipal Building, but they will soon be in the newly-added office space.