BATH

The Bath City Council will consider requests for funding and the donation of a building when it meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in the city council chambers.

City Manager William Giroux said that Friends of Zorach Fountain have requested $10,000 for needed renovations and repairs to the Library Park Pond. The pond is home to Zorach Fountain, dubbed “Spirit of the Sea,” which was installed and dedicated to the city in August 1962.

Friends of Zorach Fountain are about to begin a capital campaign.

“Friends of Zorach Fountain have identified needs,” Giroux said. “The pond is falling in on itself, and they’re embarking on a fundraiser. It’s a project that needs to be done, and really, it’s a piece of city property, so we might at least give them some seed money.”

The council also will listen to a presentation from Betty King, who represents HOMEtogether, a Good Samaritan ministry at the United Church of Christ in Bath. HOMEtogether is dedicated to dealing with homelessness “through shelter, livelihood and community.”

The group is seeking a space to serve both its residential needs and its volunteers.

Giroux said that HOMEtogether is hoping that the city will donate “the nunnery,” a vacant building located between St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Bath Recreation Department, on Oak Street.

Also on Wednesday night’s agenda, the council is scheduled to approve a bid for the Bailey Street infrastructure improvement project. Harry C. Crooker & Sons, Inc., has submitted the low bid.

Most of the funding will come from a CDBG block grant, Giroux said. Crooker is prepared to begin on the sewer/water project this month, Giroux said.

lgrard@timesrecord.com