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Lordstown board conditionally approves review of Ultium Cells’ sanitary-effluent plan, requiring company to repay $7,500 review cost
Summary
The Lordstown board voted to approve a work authorization to review Ultium Cells’ sanitary-effluent overflow treatment plans, making the approval contingent on Ultium acknowledging and reimbursing the village for an estimated $7,500 review fee; the approval passed with one member opposed.
The Lordstown Village Board voted March 3 to approve a work authorization allowing village staff to review Ultium Cells’ plans for treating sanitary-effluent overflow, contingent on Ultium’s written acknowledgement that it will cover the extraordinary review cost of $7,500.
Board members discussed the technical question raised by Ultium’s project engineer about solids and inorganic material fouling meters and the county’s rejection of the company’s initial proposal to discharge grindings to the downstream sewer. Board member Chris Peterson told the panel the company may need screening equipment typically housed inside a building, which will require substantial design review. Peterson said the village’s role would be to review the plans and specifications and bill for that review work.
The motion to approve the work authorization contingent on Ultium reimbursing the village for the review was made during new business, seconded, and passed after one board member registered opposition. The motion language requires written confirmation from Ultium that it will assume the expense before the review proceeds.
The board clarified that if Ultium does not follow through the conditional approval would be void. Members discussed that the county sanitary engineer had previously declined the company’s original approach, prompting the need for redesign and for the village to perform a plan/spec review so construction-ready documents can be prepared.
Staff did not provide a later timeline for the review or a firm schedule for the company’s design resubmittal; the vote authorizes the village to begin its review once the company supplies the required acknowledgment of payment and the plans. The board’s action is procedural authorization to review plans and does not itself approve any construction or change the village’s permitting obligations.
