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Shady Park garage deficiencies and unfilled grounds requests highlight maintenance staffing gap
Summary
Grounds maintenance foreman Brian Smith told the Finance Committee that Shady Park’s maintenance building has leaking roofs, rotten siding and indoor mold, and staff requested mowers, a stump grinder and four additional laborers — most were not funded in the proposed 2026 budget.
Shady Park’s grounds maintenance team urged the North Ridgeville Finance Committee on Nov. 5 to address a rundown maintenance garage and staffing shortfalls that limit the city’s ability to care for parks and cemeteries.
"I'm Brian Smith, grounds maintenance foreman," Smith said as he walked committee members through photos showing interior water damage, mold and deteriorated exterior siding at the Shady Park garage. He described equipment being stored outdoors and garage doors and insulation failing, which exposes equipment to the weather and rodents.
Smith requested a package of items—two…
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