Youngstown board of control sets in motion plan to demolish Wick Ave. properties

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control agreed today to pay $49,412 to MS Consultants for designs and plans to remove asbestos and demolish two former Wick Avenue car-dealership properties.

The properties are the former State Chevrolet, between Olive Street and Strausbaugh Avenue, and the former Barrett Cadillac, between Linden Avenue and Sycamore Street.

MS already received $33,896 for testing to determine the amount of hazardous materials on the properties. The abatement and demolition work will cost $600,000 to $700,000.

Also today, the board approved a $50,000 payment to its insurance company to settle a federal civil-rights lawsuit.

Desiree Johnson and Dorthea Weston, both of Youngstown, contended police violated their civil rights during a 2011 traffic stop.

City Law Director Martin Hume declined to disclose the settlement amount saying the two sides had agreed to keep that information confidential. The city’s insurance company paid the two women money in excess of the $50,000.

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