7/8/13 County gets $457,500 for water, sewer hookups at Harvest Ridge

  • By Nick Sabo
  • July 8, 2013
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SUMMARY: Project includes 100,000 gallon water tower The Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) has funded half of a utilities project for the fairgrounds at Harvest Ridge. A $457,500 OPWC grant for water and sewer utilities at the fairgrounds was accepted Monday, July 8 by the Holmes County Commissioners at their regular Monday business meeting. The grant will pay for half of an estimated $915,000 project that will connect water and sewer lines to the sites of fairground buildings and construct a water tower, according to Harvest Ridge project coordinator Tom Wilke. The utility lines will hook up to mains that run back to the village of Millersburg’s wastewater plant and wells. The mains serving the fairgrounds site were previously installed at a cost of approximately $534,000, Wilke said. Wilke said the remainder of the project will be funded by the Holmes County Agricultural Society using donations and, hopefully, an Ohio Mid-eastern Government Association (OMEGA) grant. “With the OMEGA grant, you can ask for up to $200,000,” Wilke said. “We’ve asked for $200,000, we could get anywhere from $200,000 to zero.” The water tower is being installed to provide adequate flows for a fire-suppression sprinkler system. According to specifications in the OPWC grant, the 100,000 gallon water tower will measure 22 feet in diameter and 40 feet high. Wilke said the project should start by early spring of next year if grading work at the site is complete. The water and sewer utilities move the fairgrounds one step closer to completion. Once installation of electrical utilities and telecommunications are installed, Wilke said, the site will be ready for a fair in temporary structures. The first fair at Harvest Ridge is expected to be held in 2015. In other businesses, commissioner are holding the first round of interviews for a combined buildings and grounds/solid waste position. Commissioner Rob Ault said six candidates were chosen from nine applicants for the first round, with a second round of interviews expected in the near future. Ault said commissioners sought to combine the two positions into one as a means to find savings for the county. Also, it is hoped that the new position will assist in several projects the commissioners would like to see implemented, Ault said, such as tracking receipts on a fee paid by trash haulers operating in the county as well as establish a five year plan for building improvements. The new position will be full time, Ault said. Commissioners further awarded a project for road shoulder reconstruction on County Road 77 to Melway Paving. Melway was the lone bidder at $232,631.50 on the estimated $234,777 project.


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