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Program set to replace waterlines
NEW MIDDLETOWN
A program to replace aging waterlines on Middletown Road will begin in the spring, officials said when New Middletown Village Council met Monday.
The Ohio Public Works Commission grant for $149,283 will be combined with a village contribution of $29,357, for a total project cost of $169,640.
Council accepted the grant Monday and approved a contract with Thomas Fok and Associates of Youngstown to do the engineering.
The work will begin at state Route 170 and proceed west to the area of Brungard Road.
Officials also reminded residents that village crews will continue picking up leaves Mondays until Nov. 28.
However, they will pick up leaves only in bags that are provided free at the village administration building.
New Middletown police will again participate in the OVI Task Force, which has been revived with the awarding of a grant to the Canfield Police Department to bring back the program, which has been on hold for one year.
The task force began work this weekend that included blitzes, saturation patrols and safety checkpoints.
Mahoning County participates in the task force because it is one of the 10 highest counties in the state for the number of alcohol-related fatalities. There is no cost to the village.
Council approved spending $2,402 this year for using a dispatching repeating tower as part of the Western Reserve Joint Fire District.
Of that, $900 is the annual rental and the remainder is the village’s share of purchasing an antenna to replace one that went bad.
They also approved spending $1,640 for three years’ membership in the Police One Academy, which provides police officers with online training.