Youngstown contracts to repair water tanks in Liberty, Lincoln Knolls, West Side

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s board of control agreed to pay $315,579 to a company to replace rusted roof rafters on an East Side water tank.

The payments will be spread over three years – 2026, 2027 and 2028.

“There are significant deficiencies to the steel rafters that we have to take care of right away,” said Water Commissioner Harry L. Johnson III.

The city signed a contract with Utility Services Co. of Atlanta four months ago for the company to manage, maintain, repair, inspect, clean the interiors and paint the exteriors of the seven water tanks owned by the city.

The deal calls for Utility Services to receive $745,000 annually for the next 10 years with the amount estimated to drop to about $464,000 to $576,000 annually during the following 10 years.

Included in the cost is extensive work to a tank in Liberty on the city’s North Side border that has loose and missing bolts and sealant loss, and a tank on the West Side that needs upgrades, Johnson said.

However, the problems with the 500,000-gallon tank in the Lincoln Knolls area on the East Side weren’t detected during a visual inspection by Utility Services, Johnson said. It wasn’t until the tank was drained that the problem was discovered, he said.

Read more about the work in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.