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Orange Village Council approves $175,000 increase to fix unexpected subsurface failure on Brainerd Road
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 2025-13 to add $175,000 for Brainerd Road resurfacing after milling revealed extensive edge failure; a companion budget ordinance (2025-14) was also approved to appropriate funds.
The Orange Village Council voted to approve Ordinance 2025-13, authorizing a $175,000 increase to the Brainerd Road resurfacing project to address unanticipated subsurface conditions discovered after pavement milling. Council then approved Ordinance 2025-14 to amend the 2025 appropriations so the improvement can be paid.
Council members and staff said milling exposed more edge failure than expected and that the work is necessary to protect the paved edge used by garbage trucks and other vehicles. Brian Maynard, a staff member, told the council, “Once we had milled the pavement, parts of the pavement edge, a lot more failure had taken place. Totally not anticipated.”
Mayor Judson A. Klein and staff discussed alternatives that had been explored. Klein said he had spoken with staff and an outside contact, and that some alternates — “eliminating a membrane” and “reducing the pavement depth” — were considered but would not provide the desired lifespan. “If we fix the base, then we'll have less problem down the road, and we have to just bite the bullet and do it,” he said.
Maynard told the council the damaged areas are predominantly along the old berm that had been paved over in prior work and that, left unrepaired, the pavement edge could be “completely obliterate[d]” as trucks use that area. He said there were no immediate safety concerns and that work should not delay overall contract completion. He compared the expected pace to prior Brainerd Road South work, which finished in about two to three weeks.
Council members moved to suspend the rules on Ordinance 2025-13, passed the ordinance, and subsequently approved Ordinance 2025-14 to appropriate funds. The roll call on the ordinance approvals recorded votes in favor from Ulmer, Vincent, Perry, Madden, Foster and Silver.
The council and staff characterized the work as a base repair and paving operation that involves hauling off material and rebuilding the road base in the affected edge areas. Cost alternatives that would have reduced short-term expense were rejected because council and staff said those options would shorten the pavement’s expected service life.
