8/27/13 Paving will have to wait until next year for Millersburg
By Nick Sabo
August 27, 2013
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SUMMARY: Only one month of paving season available if bids went out today, village administrator says
Street paving projects in Millersburg will have to wait until next year.
Millersburg Village Administrator Nate Troyer informed council Monday Aug. 26 that if bids were put out for paving projects today, contractors would only have about a month to work with. Asphalt needs to be applied in warm weather, and October is right around the corner, Troyer said.
The village had hoped to get started on paving this year and planned to put about $100,000 into its streets. The money comes from a new .5 percent income tax.
However, Troyer said that the time it would take just to advertise for bids would put us into September before work could even start.
Part of the delay had to do with the new revenues from the income tax. Village clerk/treasurer Karen Shaffer said it was not known until the end of July just how much money would be available for paving. At that time, Shaffer said she and Troyer came up with a figure of $100,000 to $120,000.
Troyer suggested some patching be carried out this year, and look at resurfacing South School Street. Troyer said project specs will be prepared over winter, with the paving ready to be bid out in spring.
Shaffer said the money planned for this year can be used for next year, if council so chooses.
In other business, council agreed to install four additional ladders at the Crissey Memorial Pool. The ladders were suggested at an Aug. 21 inspection of the pool by the Ohio Department of Health. Troyer said the current ladders are spaced too far apart for ODH specifics, which require ladders every 25 feet. Installation of the ladders is expected to cost $1,500 to $2,000, Troyer said.
The ODH inspection found no major issues with the pool, Troyer said. The pool is waiting to reopen but must first meet ODH specs after being closed for two seasons.
The pool will be inspected at least once more by ODH, Troyer said. Once the pool passes inspection by ODH, it will be licensed locally through the Holmes County Health District.
Red Cross swimming instructor Rose Habrun asked if this means the pool will be open next year. Council president Jim Beechy said the answer is a definite maybe.
Were kind of at the mercy of the state right now, Beechy said. I think were reluctant to say without the final word from the ODH.
