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City reports: solids-handling project progressing, ODOT transit plan to be reviewed and $126,000 expected for tornado cleanup
Summary
At the July 15 meeting the Safety Service Director reported the solids-handling wastewater project will move into several weeks of concrete pouring (about 30 trucks per day), staff will circulate an ODOT transit development plan and a two-page director summary for council review, and the city expects approximately $126,000 in reimbursement for tornado cleanup.
The Safety Service Director briefed Greenville City Council on infrastructure and recovery updates at the July 15 meeting, saying the solids-handling portion of the city's wastewater project is progressing and several follow-up items will come back to council.
Director said geotechnical piers for the solids-handling tanks have been installed and that rebar installation is scheduled next week; concrete pours to form the tanks should follow, with roughly three weeks of continuous concrete work and as many as about 30 concrete-truck movements per day. "So it'll be about 3 weeks worth of concrete pouring... about 30 trucks a day," the Safety Service Director said.
On sidewalks and street work, the director said the city is selecting a right-of-way acquisition consultant for the Switzer Street project and will hold a preconstruction meeting for phase-three sidewalks next week; much of that sidewalk phase is in the north end of the city and some residents have already completed work privately, reducing required city assessments.
The director also said staff received a transit development plan from the Ohio Department of Transportation and that ODOT is available to present at the Aug. 5 council meeting or to answer questions. A two‑page director summary is being prepared to highlight the plan's key recommendations, which staff said are informed by stakeholder meetings and public surveys and focus on fixed-route service into the county, vehicle and software upgrades and possible expanded service hours.
Finally, Director reported that after extensive paperwork the city will receive approximately $126,000 in reimbursement from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency for tornado cleanup costs. "We are going to receive approximately $126,000 reimbursement of that cleanup back," the director said, and credited the street department's work on the application.
Council members asked about specific paving hot spots (Pine at Switzer, Sycamore and Maine, Warren Street) and were told those areas are typically scheduled for repair when maintenance paving contractors are in town.
Staff said they will circulate the ODOT PowerPoint and the director summary to council members before the August meeting so councilors can identify topics for ODOT to address in a presentation or Q&A.
