Mount Vernon’s Engineering Department will begin work on projects for Sandusky and McKinley streets around New Year’s, having waited out the holidays so that there would be fewer traffic disruptions for local residents.
Materials will be delivered for the McKinley Street water and sanitary lines on Dec. 29, with the project beginning soon after, Mayor Matt Starr said. It is expected to take approximately a month to complete.
Phase 1 of the Sandusky Street utility project gets its materials on Jan. 4. The new water line is going onto the south side of the road between Franklin Street and Northview Drive.
The mayor said the project would last three months, depending on COVID-19 and the weather.
Civil service
Twenty-nine applicants for city maintenance worker jobs took the civil service test on Dec. 17. The civil service administrator will score and certify the tests. The results are good for one year. Starr said they expect to hire four maintenance workers.
Utilities
The city ordered a boil-water advisory that ended Friday afternoon in the Parrott Street area after someone hit another fire hydrant.
The older fire hydrant did not have a watch valve on it. The new fire hydrant includes the valve, so the city can isolate water shutoffs if expansion of the water line from Parrott Street is wanted, Starr said.
Streets and parks
Snowfall on Dec. 16 and 17 required 135 tons of salt to keep the streets clear. The Street Department used 24 hours of overtime to keep streets passable.
Two hundred tons of salt was scheduled for delivery on Monday.
A Rapid Flashing Beacon was installed near the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church at East High and McArthur streets.
“These are pedestrian-controlled crossing areas where they push a button and then the high-visibility yellow beacon flashes, allowing time for the pedestrian to cross,” Starr said.
A set of string poles were installed at East High and Park streets for a more consistent approach for wayfinding and route signs, he said.
Battery backup systems were installed for traffic lights at four intersections on Coshocton Avenue, an area of high retail, Starr said.
Public buildings and lands
Three water coolers were replaced with touchless systems at City Hall and at the Plaza Building, which is home to the municipal court, City law offices and the Police Department.
The HVAC system at City Hall is obsolete and in need of an upgrade. The City is working with a contractor on an upgrade for the HVAC controller
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