MARYSVILLE – The City Council will discuss spending almost $530,000 to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant at its work session Nov. 2.

The council agenda item says updating the headworks at the plant would help control odor, make it more efficient and reduce maintenance.

Council members also will discuss spending almost $132,000 to protect almost five miles of water line from corrosion. The bid was about $25,000 more than expected.

The council will talk also about taking over the powers of the Transportation Benefit District board. A public hearing on that issue will take place at the Nov. 9 council meeting.

It also will look at funding recommendations from the Community Beautification Program Grant Review Committee.

That panel recommended $5,000 grants to:

•Tuscany Homeowners Association, replacement of fence along community park perimeter

•Kellogg Village Homeowners Association, replacement of fence around park at entrance to neighborhood

•102nd Place NE, clean-up of stormwater ponds at entrance to neighborhood

•Rolling Green Estates, replacement of trees in community park

•Otter Creek, fencing of detention pond and vegetation cleanup/removal

The committee also recommends $500 for Sunnyside Estates to replant the neighborhood gateway at subdivision entrance

In other news, the council will:

•Discuss condemnation of properties to widen First Street.

•Consider an ordinance that prohibits occupying a residence that does not have water or sewer service. Following the economic downturn there has been an increase in foreclosed and vacant properties within the city that are sometimes occupied without such service.

•Talk about increasing School Resource Officers in Marysville to five.

•Study acceptance of an anonymous $2,500 donation for the Parks youth scholarship program.

•Look at reappointing Jodi Condyles and Gayle Bluhn to the Parks and Recreation board.