The Harlan City Council is ordering bids for the 2013 Sewer Rehabilitation Project. In a council meeting Tuesday, the council approved Resolution No. 2012 to order bids to be advertised for the proposed plans, specifications and form of contract for the project. The detailed plans and specs were prepared by Veenstra and Kimm Engineers. A public hearing will be held at the next Harlan City Council meeting, Tuesday, June 4^th on the matter. 

In other business, the city council approved an amendment to the 2012/2013 City budget and approved the joint participation agreement with SWIPCO for taxi services. The Shelby County Supervisors approved the same agreement with SWIPCO during their meeting Tuesday. 

Towards the end of the meeting, Harlan Mayor Gene Gettys gave an update on the filming of “Today inAmerica”. He said the filming crew is planning on being in Harlan between August and September.

Councilman Dave Pedersen reported to the council the Therkildsen Center is looking for different display items for each month. He said the Center is looking for anything people save or collect such as Coca-Cola memorabilia to blankets and anything in between.  If you would like to show off a display of collected items, contact Sheri or Alice at the Therkildsen Center. 

(Joel McCall/KNOD)