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Sewer district funds Baldwin Creek detention-basin expansion; Thornhurst restoration nears completion
Summary
City staff told the North Royalton Storm Water Committee that the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District approved a Baldwin Creek detention-basin expansion (100% funded by the district) and that Thornhurst stream restoration is essentially complete, with planting and grading scheduled in November.
Wastewater Superintendent Ed Haller and City Engineer Matthew Glass briefed the North Royalton Storm Water Committee on Sept. 2, 2025 about several regional sewer projects, including a detention-basin expansion that the sewer district will fully fund.
Haller said the monthly storm-water operations report had been circulated and announced departmental staffing changes: "This will be the last month that Darren Thayer will be sending it out," Haller said, adding that Scott Shantery is retiring at the end of the month and Thayer will move to the role of Assistant Superintendent of Maintenance. Haller said Jarrod Groesser of Lakewood will be the new Storm Water Supervisor and that he will introduce Groesser to council at a later meeting.
Glass summarized the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) projects in the city. He said the Thornhurst stream-restoration work is "essentially done" and that "there are some minor grading, restoration, and planting that will be done in November." He also said that design work on the Applewood Culvert and the Wildwood vacation is ongoing and that GPD is preparing the vacation plat for council review in the next month or two.
On the Baldwin Creek Cedar Estates detention basin, Glass said the sewer district "did approve moving forward" with an expansion of the existing retention basins upstream of the Applewood Culvert and that the project is "100% funded by the sewer district." Glass described the work as cleaning up and expanding the two existing above-ground retention basins and restoring the stream that runs through the area. He did not provide a construction schedule for that project during the briefing.
The committee did not take any formal action on these projects at the meeting; staff said some items will return to council for review once design and plats are complete.
