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County requests $25.25 million appropriation for first stage of highway property cleanup; cleanup work underway
Summary
Dearborn County staff reported cleanup work at a county highway property and said County Engineer Dennis Krause requested a $25,250,000 additional appropriation for the first stage of cleanup; crews have removed scrap metal, are arranging grinding of tree piles, and will conduct a wetland delineation and pollution-prevention planning.
County staff updated the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners on ongoing cleanup of a highway department property and said County Engineer Dennis Krause has requested a $25,250,000 additional appropriation to fund the first stage of that cleanup. The appropriation request will go to council on August 4 for consideration, the staff update noted.
Staff summarized recent work: highway crews removed and hauled away scrap metal (July 3–7), contracted a tub grinder to process tree and brush piles at the Randall Avenue facility in August, and have been disposing of tires and hauling trash with current highway-department funds. Staff said Tim (from the highway department) is covering some immediate hauling costs from his department budget.
The county selected Metrc Environmentalist (Indianapolis) to perform a wetland delineation and will submit that contract to county staff for review. The county also contacted several consulting and engineering firms to prepare a pollution-prevention plan and propose alternative stormwater controls near the storm-salt barn; firms contacted included Land Consultants, Maxwell Construction, Baer, Becker, Wesley Engineering, BFNS, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, and OHM Consulting.
Staff said the cleanup is likely to be a lengthy process and that updates will continue to be provided at future meetings. No firm timetable for completing remediation or a financing plan beyond the appropriation request was presented during the update.
The board did not take final action on cleanup funding at the meeting; the appropriation request was described as a forthcoming item for council consideration.
