MOUNT VERNON — An entirely grant-funded public water system project is nearing approval for the village of Martinsburg, with a total price tag of just over $705,000.
Knox County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday for a Notice of Public Hearing involving a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Critical Infrastructure Grant. The notice states there will be a public hearing June 11 at 11 a.m. in the commissioners office, located in the Knox County Service Center.
If funded, the CDBG grant would provide $342,500 toward the project total, including $30,000 in administrative funds.
The commissioners’ resolution notes that the Martinsburg public water system project has already received an award of $392,500 from the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC). Pam Ewing, a rural development specialist with the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (CAP) who has been working on Martinsburg’s water system needs for a few years, said the village water system is under an order of violation from the Environmental Protection Agency concerning one of the village’s two aging wells.
The well is not working at full capacity, and if it ceased to produce water the village would not have enough water capacity, said Ewing. So, part of the OPWC’s grant will be used to drill a new well. CAP, which is under the Rural Community Assistance Program, has lent its project assistance to the village at no cost.
“The improvements (to the public water system) include a new well, painting and repairs to the elevated storage tank and new household water meters,” the resolution states. The water meters will replace those installed during the 1980s, Ewing said.
Ewing said the village of Martinsburg needed to meet certain income guidelines in order to have an entirely grant-funded project.
“According to the 2015 Census data, Martinsburg has 260 residents of whom 57.69 percent are low-to-moderate income, thus meeting the low-to-moderate income national objective,” the resolution states. “If funded, the project will be completed by August 2021.”
Amy Shocken, a community development consultant for Knox County, has also provided project assistance.
In other action Tuesday, commissioners conducted a bid opening for Apple Valley Repaving, a project that involves Apple Valley Drive and ingress/egress from Apple Valley Boulevard — a total of 2.5 miles in each direction, or 5 miles total. The project is “mill and fill,” which means there will be 2.5 inches of surface paving.
There were only two bids, and they were close, commissioners noted. The lower bid, from Small’s Paving, was $1,122,330, with the other, from Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., at $1,140,862. The county engineer’s estimate was $1,251,706.
A majority of the project will be funded by the Ohio Public Works Commission, said county Deputy Engineer Clint Cochran. The other half of the 10-mile project would be bid at a later date.
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The well is not working at full capacity, and if it ceased to produce water the village would not have enough water capacity, said Ewing. So, part of the OPWC’s grant will be used to drill a new well. CAP, which is under the Rural Community Assistance Program, has lent its project assistance to the village at no cost.
“The improvements (to the public water system) include a new well, painting and repairs to the elevated storage tank and new household water meters,” the resolution states. The water meters will replace those installed during the 1980s, Ewing said.
Ewing said the village of Martinsburg needed to meet certain income guidelines in order to have an entirely grant-funded project.
“According to the 2015 Census data, Martinsburg has 260 residents of whom 57.69 percent are low-to-moderate income, thus meeting the low-to-moderate income national objective,” the resolution states. “If funded, the project will be completed by August 2021.”
Amy Shocken, a community development consultant for Knox County, has also provided project assistance.
In other action Tuesday, commissioners conducted a bid opening for Apple Valley Repaving, a project that involves Apple Valley Drive and ingress/egress from Apple Valley Boulevard — a total of 2.5 miles in each direction, or 5 miles total. The project is “mill and fill,” which means there will be 2.5 inches of surface paving.
There were only two bids, and they were close, commissioners noted. The lower bid, from Small’s Paving, was $1,122,330, with the other, from Kokosing Construction Co. Inc., at $1,140,862. The county engineer’s estimate was $1,251,706.
A majority of the project will be funded by the Ohio Public Works Commission, said county Deputy Engineer Clint Cochran. The other half of the 10-mile project would be bid at a later date.
