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Utilities committee updates: Curtis Drive sewer extension, Park Can Company connection, wastewater RFP and tower maintenance
Summary
The city’s utilities committee reported plans for a 560-foot Curtis Drive sanitary sewer extension, a proposed industrial connection near the Stanley Black & Decker building, a wastewater-treatment RFP tied to Ohio Water Development Authority financing, and water-tower painting under a 10-year maintenance program.
The Shelby utilities committee reported several infrastructure items the council should expect to consider in the coming weeks.
Curtis Drive sanitary sewer: Committee members said the Curtis Drive sanitary extension will require approximately 560 linear feet of sanitary sewer and three precast concrete manholes to serve an existing customer. The city engineer is developing plans, and appropriations are in place; legislation is expected next month.
Outside-corporation connection: The committee discussed a proposed forced main/sewer connection by Park Can Company, a business outside city limits that is reportedly seeking permission to connect to a city-owned sanitary sewer main near the Stanley Black & Decker building. The company told the committee its current system has failed and that the EPA is mandating regulated waste treatment; the company would fund the project but council and county approvals would be required.
Wastewater treatment RFP and financing: Committee members said the city will solicit a request for proposals for septage receiving and wastewater treatment services. The project team intends to seek a loan from the Ohio Water Development Authority (Water Pollution Control Loan Fund) with septage-receiving revenues used to repay the loan. The treatment facility discussed is targeted to allow 3–4 million gallons of septage annually; the transcript recorded the current septage receiving rate as "0.05¢ a gallon." The committee said collection revenues would be used to cover loan payments.
Water-tower maintenance: The committee also reported that the Mickey Road water tower painting is underway as part of a 10-year maintenance program (the towers were last painted in 2017). The 10-year program cost for the Willow towers was cited in the discussion as approximately $1,135,000 over the program term.
Committee members said legislation and requests for proposals are forthcoming; no final contract award or ordinance was recorded at the meeting.
