Uhrichsville settles case over waste dumping in Gorley Street Bottoms

UHRICHSVILLE ‒ Mayor Mark Haney gave City Council updates on several issues Thursday, including a flood at the Clay Museum, a settlement over dumping at Gorley Street Bottoms and the plan to repair Wardell Street.

Haney said a tentative settlement has been reached with the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency over the city dumping solid waste in the wetland near Gorley Street. Both agencies cited the city for the violation.

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The city will have to restore and preserve 0.005 of an acre, the mayor said. The area is less than 218 square feet.

City employees will be able to do the work, according to Law Director JJ Ong. He told council members the agreement may be discussed publicly in detail after it is finalized. He said that discussion may be possible at a council meeting on Jan. 26 or Feb. 9.

Clay Museum water leak

Haney said a water leak inside the Clay Museum in the city-owned building at 330 N. Main Street was only detected Tuesday, when the Twin City Water and Sewer District noticed abnormally high water usage of 325,000 gallons.

He said items from the former youth center, stored in the basement, were ruined. One 30-cubic yard trash container was filled. Old computers, printers and other electronics were to be taken to the e-waste site in Canton. Metals were to go to a scrap yard, and the remaining items, to a landfill.

Haney said the building did not sustain structural damage. He credited museum employees for acting quickly to move artifacts to safety and place fans in the area.

An insurance claim has been opened, Haney said. He did not know the amount of the deductible the city will have to pay.

Haney said the leak occurred in a second-floor restroom water supply line sometime after the end of the week prior to Tuesday's notification.

In other business, council approved the administration's recommendation to award a $286,264 contract to Ohio-West Virginia Excavating Co. of Shadyside to replace a culvert on Wardell Street. The cost is below the engineers' estimate.

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