The city of Osawatomie will seek American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to help fix the water distribution system that supports Osawatomie Middle School. City Manager Mike Scanlon, Mayor Mark Govea, and USD 367 Superintendent Justin Burchett appeared before county commissioners earlier this month to request up to $200,000 of the county’s ARPA funds to fix 100-year-old water lines that are failing to provide adequate water pressure to half of the school building’s fire suppression system. Scanlon told the Osawatomie City Council at its Sept. 23 meeting that the school district received a letter from the Kansas Fire Marshal the first of September that asked how the district intended to correct the problem, and the fire marshal placed the building on fire watch.
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