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Council approves $267,560 change order to complete Paperboard remediation and remove remaining gravel
Summary
Council approved a change order to finish removal and final grading at the former Paperboard site; staff said roughly 10–12,000 cubic yards of crushed gravel remain and the work will be funded through an ODOD brownfield remediation grant and a change order to the O'Rourke Wrecking contract.
Council approved an emergency ordinance on July 7 authorizing a change order to the contract with O'Rourke Wrecking Company to finish phase-two soil remediation and final grading at the former Paperboard site.
Assistant Community and Economic Development Director Jacob Schulte updated council that public works and utilities crews had already removed substantial material and that roughly 10–12,000 cubic yards of crushed gravel remain. Schulte said the change order would mobilize O'Rourke for a roughly two-week work period to finish removal and prepare the site for an Ohio EPA "no further action" letter. He told council the change order and logistics are estimated at the high end as $267,560.40 and that the cost would fall within the Ohio Department of Development Brownfield remediation grant.
Councilors questioned whether moving the material to another site merely shifts the dust problem, whether the material could be repurposed for pothole repairs or public-works use, and requested more detailed cost comparisons. Schulte said staff expects the relocated material to be reused by public works for utility repairs and that the chosen relocation site is farther from residential areas and covered by the voluntary action plan manager and environmental covenants.
The ordinance authorizing the change order passed on first reading as an emergency; upon completion the city will seek a no-further-action letter from Ohio EPA to clear the site for redevelopment.
