Commissioners OK financing of sewer, water and other projects

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners this morning approved the issuance of notes in anticipation of bond issuance for $5,345,000 worth of projects, most of them water supply and sanitary sewer-related.

The total includes $2,440,000 for improving the Boardman and Craig Beach wastewater treatment plants; $390,000 for water supply line installations and related improvements and $575,000 for sanitary sewer installations and improvements, both in Milton Township; $425,000 for sanitary sewer installation in Pineview Drive in Austintown; $370,000 to buy a sewer cleaning truck for the county engineer’s office; $700,000 to resurface North Turner Road and Norquest Boulevard in Austintown; and $445,000 to acquire and install a new telephone system and servers for the county’s Department of Job and Family Services and a county data processing backup system.

The commissioners also approved an $8,000 agreement with Liberty Tire Recycling of Minerva to provide a container and hauling services for tires found on county roads.

Additionally, they approved a $10,720 agreement with Herbert, Roland and Grubic Inc. of Hermitage, Pa., for a preliminary engineering study for a Lanterman Road sanitary sewer extension in Austintown.

They also awarded a $69,457 Garfield Road bridge rehabilitation contract to Craig Susany Inc. of North Lima.

The commissioners’ next meeting will be at 9 a.m. Sept. 3 in the Ohio State University Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield, across state Route 46 from the Canfield Fair.