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Council approves emergency contract for 400-foot Wells Road repair in industrial park
Summary
The Ashland City Council authorized an emergency contract with Simonson Construction Services to rebuild about 400 feet of Wells Road in the industrial park, using 10-inch polymer-fiber concrete. The contract amount on record is $119,030 plus an estimated $45,000 for materials; the city and Mount Milton Township share the roadway.
The Ashland City Council on an emergency motion authorized the mayor and director of public service to enter into a contract with Simonson Construction Services, Inc., for a partial reconstruction of Wells Road in the city’s industrial park.
Mayor Dennis Miller and Director Larry Paxton told council that extensive pavement failures and a soft soil base — exacerbated by heavy truck traffic — require more extensive work than a prior $34,000 purchase-order repair. The council was told the project will reconstruct roughly 400 feet of Wells Road in both directions, using 10-inch concrete with polymer fibers and epoxy-coated rebar. The ordinance cites Ohio Revised Code section 735.051 to permit contracting without formal bidding because of an emergency condition.
The ordinance states the money for the project is appropriated from account number 472560156019, with a contract cost of $119,030; concrete materials are listed as being purchased directly by the city at an estimated $45,000, and the ordinance text indicates those two amounts are to be added together for the total project cost. Mayor Miller also said a prior purchase order of roughly $34,000 covered an earlier emergency repair but that the need is larger than first thought.
Councilors discussed that the north side of the stretch is inside city limits while the south side falls in Mount Milton Township; Miller and staff said the township indicated it would sign an agreement or letter to permit the city to carry out the full-width work. Staff also said ditches have been widened and that the reconstruction will include drainage work.
Council members asked about steps to reduce inappropriate heavy-truck use of Wells Road; staff said signage and law-enforcement assistance have been used and will continue. The mayor said the city is trying to limit semi traffic because adjacent roads were not built for heavy trucks, though legitimate truck use exists for local businesses.
Council moved, suspended the rules for three readings and adopted the emergency ordinance that same night. Transcript roll-call responses show the ordinance passed with affirmative votes from council members present. Finance staff later said they would confirm whether the resurfacing levy fund or a different account should be used and would stop the project if fund-source compliance required it.
No schedule for final completion was given in the ordinance itself; staff said crews were moving quickly and one comment in the meeting referenced an April 11 date but no formal completion date was recorded in the ordinance text.
