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Canfield City approves two construction projects
By ROBERT CONNELLY
CANFIELD
Canfield City Council unanimously approved hiring R.T. Vernal Paving of North Lima for resurfacing three city roads at a cost not to exceed $267,518.
The roads are Blueberry Hill Drive, Fairview Avenue and Glenview Road.
Councilman Chuck Tieche said Blueberry and Fairview were last paved in 2001 and Glenview, in 2005.
Also Wednesday night, council approved another project on Blueberry for sanitary pipe work, not to exceed a cost of $69,510. That work will be done by United Survey Inc. Canfield City Manager Joe Warino explained that work is to insert a liner into a sanitary pipe under the road that has eroded and collapsed.
The city approved a change order for the 24-inch water-transmission line that was finished earlier this year. The order was modified because Kirila Contractors Inc. of Brookfield didn’t spend the full $478,220 it was awarded Feb. 18.
The contractor actually spent $412,636.35, for a savings of $65,583.65. Warino said that savings was because about 300 feet of pipe did not need to be replaced. Kirila had been authorized to replace about 2,600 feet of the transmission line, which runs parallel to state Route 11.
In other action, city attorney Mark Fortunato distributed language that could be used to alter the city’s current ban against pit bulls, which are actually Staffordshire bull terriers, also known as American Staffordshire terriers.
City officials said Wednesday they could take action on altering the city’s language at its next meeting, Sept. 23, or in October. The state changed its law against breed-specific legislation in 2012, and Fortunato recommended Wednesday that the city take steps to be in accordance with state law.
A number of residents from the Villas at Fair Park attended Wednesday’s meeting to speak against a proposed splash pad at Fair Park. The city’s park board had recommended approval of the proposed splash pad, but council has not voted on that recommendation.
A woman addressed council with a signed petition from her neighbors, who she said ranged in age from 55 to 94 years old, objecting to the splash pad. The residents’ concerns were focused on increased traffic and noise.