Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich reminds travelers that this week First Avenue pavement markings are changing.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, he said, just First Avenue marking are being changed in conjunction with the project.

The purpose is to outline the lane changes from four lanes to two lanes and right turn lane indicators.

He added that pedestrian crossing signs will be installed, with the pedestrian crossing beacons to be put up next spring.

With the 2021 City Budget he said, with $900,000 coming to the city from the federal CARES Act, over five months earlier this year, the city budget will allow for a $1,000 increase in city employee budgets, over 2021,and will allow for adding to the General Fund Budget, to help offset shortfalls in anticipated revenues.

He pointed out that with a minimum of a $2-million cushion in the General Fund Reserve Fund, efforts continued to be made in adding dollars to the reserve.

Mayor Heinrich added that with the North Dakota Legacy Fund, having $7-Billion on hand for investments in North Dakota projects to benefit the state’s economy it could mean dollars coming to the Jamestown Buffalo City Park funding.

On our show the mayor said, the Frontier Village had a good tourism season this year, despite the slow in pandemic related travel.  He said Jamestown Parks & Recreation has assisted in Frontier Village projects, with refurbishing buildings.

He said Jamestown residents for the most part are observing the NDSmart guidelines of staying safe, and wearing face masks and social distancing to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

He noted the recent surge in Stutsman County positive cases, adding Stutsman County has a relative low positivity, rate, the number of positive cases, per 100,000 population.