Parkland improvements approved by Canfield Township officials

June 25, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

By ROBERT CONNELLY

CANFIELD

Three aspects of improving the only park in Canfield Township were approved this week.

Township trustees unanimously approved W.L. Colbrunn Excavating of Canfield for drainage and excavation work at the proposed pavilion for Parkland at a cost of $4,000.

The board also unanimously approved Foust Construction Inc. of Youngstown to install a 24-foot-by-26-foot concrete pad for the pavilion and 70 feet of sidewalks at a cost of $6,333.

The third item, also unanimously approved for Parkland, was for Gabriel’s Fence to install 250 feet of donated vinyl split rail fence along the south side of the pavilion project at a cost of $1,350. All three aspects are paid for through a Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant.

Keith Rogers, township administrator and road superintendent, explained that grant is a 50 percent local-share match of up to $50,000. That means if the township spends $50,000, half of that is reimbursed through the grant.

Parkland is on Herbert Road and had a playground built there about five years ago, Rogers said. This project is to connect the sidewalks to a new pavilion, to be delivered later this summer. Last year, the township put in security cameras, signs and picnic tables at the park.

Trustees also approved shifting its Parkland loan, remaining balance of $279,848, from Farmers National Bank to Home Savings and Loan. That move will reduce the interest rate from 4 percent to 2.4 percent, which in turn lowers the monthly payment by $4,000.

Trustee Brian Governor asked for an update about deciding on whether to copy all the development maps electronically that are now housed at the township public-works department. All three trustees agreed to do it now and approved American Business Center Inc. to copy about 1,400 documents at a cost of $2,512. “We need to get it done, and we’ve talked about it for years,” said Marie Cartwright, Canfield trustee.

Those development maps include “everything that’s underground” such as utility and water lines, Rogers said.