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Northfield council approves emergency repairs after Houghton Road water-main breaks
Summary
Council authorized two emergency contracts totaling $62,760 to repair roadway, sidewalk and curb damage from recent water-main breaks on Houghton Road and will seek reimbursement from Cleveland Water, officials said.
Council members in the Village of Northfield approved two emergency contracts April 24 to repair roadway and sidewalk damage caused by recent water-main breaks on Houghton Road.
Service Department Superintendent Jason Walters told council the asphalt plants had just opened for the season and the Mayor authorized Mid-Ohio Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. to begin emergency asphalt repairs immediately. Council approved a $49,880 contract for emergency asphalt roadway repairs and a separate $12,880 contract for emergency sidewalk and curb removal and concrete replacement. Both motions passed on roll call votes.
"The Village will submit invoices for the work to Cleveland Water and try to get that agency to reimburse the Village for most of the cost," Walters said. "Those efforts are not always resolved in a timely fashion or successful." Walters said the damage was concentrated in the stretches of Houghton Road between McKinley and Roosevelt drives.
The two contracts were presented as emergency procurements because of the immediate roadway condition and the seasonal timing of asphalt. Council made the asphalt repair motion (mover: Alan Hipps; second: Renell Noack) and voted Yes: Renell Noack, Gary Vojtush, Nick Magistrelli, Alan Hipps, Kevin Lewis. The sidewalk/curb motion (mover: Kevin Lewis; second: Gary Vojtush) recorded the same Yes votes.
The meeting minutes show Mayor Jenn Domzalski had previously authorized Mid-Ohio to start work before the formal council motions because of the emergency nature of the repairs.
Officials said the Village will pursue reimbursement but did not provide a timeline; council did not add contingency language specifying what department would cover unreimbursed costs.
