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Youngstown to pay $315K for water-tank repairs
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.
The work should take three weeks, he said.
The two sides agreed to the 10-year-deferred, no-interest payment schedule for the work that wasn’t included in the contract, Johnson said. The board of control approved the proposal at its Wednesday meeting.
Meanwhile, the board postponed a vote on a $1,724,558 contract with Executive Landscaping of Vienna to provide about 150,000 cubic yards of clean fill to have a 2-foot cover over the former Wean United Building property off Hazel Street that was demolished in 2014. The city will use $1,399,211 from a state grant to pay most of the cost.
City council is expected at its Aug. 17 meeting to authorize the board of control to enter into the contract.
Clean fill from an improvement project on Interstate 80 has been delivered to that location, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works.
Some of that fill ended up spilled on Market Street on Wednesday.
The city wants to use the former Wean location as part of a park along the Mahoning River. The park, which would also include an amphitheater at the Covelli Centre, is on hold until at least next year as the city seeks funding for the project.