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City pursues grants, water-tower bid set and streetscape work; facade program faces procurement questions
Summary
City Manager Kevin Varquette reported OPWC funding recommended for a State Route 84 water-line replacement, a county-city water tower out for bid Oct. 3, Appalachian streetscape phase work beginning, and continuing procurement issues in a storefront-facade grant program.
City Manager Kevin Varquette told council Sept. 22 that several capital and grant-funded projects are moving forward, including a recommended Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) award for a State Route 84 water-line replacement, an out-for-bid county-city water tower project and imminent construction on an Appalachian Regional Commission streetscape grant project.
Varquette said the OPWC recommendation covers a 2026 project to replace water lines on State Route 84 from Route 534 to the 300 block of…
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