Tuesday, November 17, 2015
YOUNGSTOWN
City council will consider legislation Wednesday to pay $140,000 toward the cost of installing splash pads at two city parks.
Council also will vote to authorize the acceptance of $35,000 from the Youngstown Foundation’s Hine Memorial Fund for the same projects.
The work at the splash pads that shoot and spray water at John White Park on the East Side and Homestead Park on the South Side is done, said Robert Burke, the city’s park and recreation director.
The splash pads will be used next year, starting around Memorial Day – or earlier if the weather cooperates – and running through about Labor Day, Burke said.
Vortex, a company from Williamston, Mich., installed the splash pads, which shoot and spray water from sprinklers, for about $140,000. The rest of the $35,000 in expenses went toward making sidewalks near the location compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, electrical and plumbing work.
Read more about the projects in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.