September 01, 2025                                                  Offices for the City of Gallipolis will be closed Monday, September 01, 2025 in observance of Labor Day. Regular Business Hours will resume Tuesday, September 02, 2025

September 02, 2025                                                      GALLIPOLIS CITY COMMISSION MEETING    The next meeting of the Gallipolis City Commission will be a Regular Meeting at 5:00pm on Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at the Gallipolis Municipal Building, 333 Third Ave, Gallipolis, Ohio. The meeting room may be accessed through the side entrance door by 2 ½ Alley.

Rumpke Trash Schedule
Rumpke observes the following holidays:
* Memorial Day
* Independence Day
* Labor Day
* Thanksgiving Day
* Christmas Day
* New Years Day

If your service day is on or after one of these holidays, collection will be DELAYED one day that week.

If the holiday occurs during a weekend: service WILL NOT be impacted.

FROM THE DESK OF THE CITY MANAGER

The Summertime Season is in full swing!! We would like to update everyone on the projects that are taking place within the city.

The Slip and Culvert Repair for Burkhart Lane has started. The road will be closed only on an as needed basis.

Our Swimming Pool has had a very successful come back this year. We would like to thank our community for supporting the Swimming Pool and we hope that all has been able to enjoy it. Our tentative closing date is August 16, 2025.

Our Waterline Replacement Project will be getting underway July 28, 2025 and should last until NEXT fall.

We would like to take this time to discuss some of the Grants the city has received.

There are many questions about the money the city has received for the Riverfront Project. Governor DeWine’s Wonderful Waterfronts Initiative has invested $152 Million in Ohio’s Appalachian region to revitalize riverfront areas and enhance recreational opportunities. This initiative is part of a larger $500 Million Appalachian Community Grant Program. The $152 Million has been allocated to 17 Riverfront Communities in 12 counties in the State of Ohio with Gallipolis being one of the recipients. Our Project received $9 Million and this money can ONLY be used at the Waterfront. This is FREE money and does not have to be re-paid. However, please understand, this money cannot be used anywhere else in the city and if we do – that free money will be lost.

Gallipolis has received a Grant from the Ohio EPA for PFAS – “Forever Chemicals” that has started showing up in water systems across the State of Ohio. Our water system is fine and tested well below the threshold for these chemicals. However, we are moving forward with Engineering for a system to prevent these chemicals getting into our drinking water. The Grant - $448,000 - is 100% funded by the EPA and is for detailed design for this project. A $32,121 grant for an Emergency Generator at Sanders Hill was also awarded to Gallipolis by the Ohio EPA and is funded at 100% along with an Inactive PWS Water Well Abandonment Grant in the amount of $9,030. Again, these grants were awarded for specific projects and can not be used anywhere else throughout the city.

City Officials understand the need for paving throughout the city. A small paving project is slated to begin this fall for the following streets:        Third Avenue – Pine St to Sycamore St – 1,500’ x 36’, Sycamore Street – Second Ave to Fourth Avenue – 800’ x 32’, Second Avenue – Sycamore Street to Mill Creek – 1,600’ x 38’, Fourth Avenue – Pine Street to Spruce Street – 600’ x 30’ and Chillicothe Road – St Rt 588 to approximately 52 Chillicothe Road – 800’ x 18’. This small paving project alone will cost $343,508 with $124,999 as being grant funded thru the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) and the city share of $218,509. We continue to search and apply for Paving Grants with very little success as these funds are not as available as they once were.