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City manager reports infrastructure and event preparations, Crestview wells show flow
Summary
City Manager Lance reported on staffing, event preparations, and infrastructure operations at the Sept. 2 Columbiana City Council meeting, saying newly drilled Crestview Road wells are ready for testing and appear productive.
City Manager Lance provided a multi-department operations update at the Sept. 2 Columbiana City Council meeting, outlining ongoing personnel work, event preparations, and infrastructure activity.
Lance said the city is finishing street superintendent interviews and hopes to name a candidate before the next council meeting. He reported the city's RTPO project submitted to ODOT for the omega scoring round was not successful this cycle and will be resubmitted.
Lance said he and others met with Lake to Rivers representative Matt Falter to discuss youth engagement; the group invited Columbiana staff to participate in the Lake to Rivers Regional Talent Summit on Sept. 25 as a panel about youth engagement.
Public-works and operations items reported by Lance included: Main Street banners installed for the annual street fair; planned partial closure of Main Street midmorning on the Wednesday before the event for setup; electrical hookups completed on Jenny Lane and repairs to services damaged by trees; the park and cemetery department wrapped up the pool season and will winterize the facility; work and troubleshooting on the fountain in the pool parking lot; and ongoing hydrant flushing by the water department.
Lance said the wells drilled on Crestview Road are "ready for testing" and "seem to be producing a lot of water." The meeting record did not provide measured flow rates. The water department also has been completing water taps and installations at West Spring Pines. The street department reported using 20 tons of asphalt for black topping road cuts and picking up seven loads of brush. Wastewater reported that Youngstown Propane set a tank for a lift station, the lift station is operating and will be placed on automatic operation once the generator is brought online, and crews cleaned wastewater lines.
Council members thanked staff for responsiveness on a recent Court Street water-main repair; a council member said a resident's anonymous app report led to prompt repair within a week. No formal council actions were taken on the routine department updates at the Sept. 2 meeting.
