State OKs dollars for Camp Ravenna, Falls Readiness Center

May 21, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

COLUMBUS

The state Controlling Board aproved additional funding Monday to remove a dam and restore a creek at the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Center in Trumbull County.

Without comment, lawmakers signed off on nearly $77,000 for the project to cover improvements planned at the center’s modified record fire range and multipurpose machine-gun range. The former is used primarily for rifle training, while the latter focuses on larger “crew machine-gun-type weapons,” according to documents.

An earlier contract approved by the board in March covered wetlands mitigation and stream restoration on only the rifle-training area. A separate contract was required for the machine-gun range, according to documents.

Also Monday, lawmakers released nearly $12,000 for roof renovations at the Newton Falls Readiness Center. The total project will cost more than $47,000, with federal funds covering the difference, according to documents.

The existing roof is more than 16 years old and “has exceeded its life expectancy, is failing and must be replaced,” according to documents.

In other business Monday, the Controlling Board released $22,000 for a formal assessment of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services facility at 2026 South Ave. in Youngstown.

According to documents, such assessments are completed every 10 years to determine whether renovations and other improvements are needed.

The building was built in 1957 and includes more than 22,500 square feet of space.