ARCHBOLD WEATHER

Council Work Session Recommends $200,000 For Memorial Park Baseball Diamonds


Archbold Village Council recommended doing $200,000 of work on the new Memorial Park baseball diamonds.

The decision came at a full council work session held after the Monday, Oct. 5 council meeting.

The move is just a recommendation; it must be approved by council before the project moves forward.

Donna Dettling, village administrator, said the recommendation is to use the money to do “flatwork” around the two current diamonds.

Flatwork is the pouring of concrete sidewalks around and into the diamond complex so the diamonds are accessible to the public.

There are two new baseball diamonds in Memorial Park, located at its west end. Overall plans included the eventual construction of four diamonds, a concession stand/restroom building, and parking lot.

In January, construction of a third diamond was delayed, with money directed to sidewalks around the two diamonds that have been built.

In April, that work was postponed due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Woodland Oaks II

Another 2020 project that was moved to 2021 is the reconstruction of streets in the Woodland Oaks II subdivision.

Council had a contract with Hillabrand & Sons Construction, Northwood, to rebuild Rosewood and Dogwood courts in 2020 at an agreed-upon price of $1,272,993.

Village and company officials agreed to move the work back to 2021.

Also on the agenda for 2021 is the construction of a new elevated water storage tank, or water tower, on village property on the northwest corner of North Clyde’s Way, East Lutz Road, and Co. Rd. 22.

The tower was originally planned for 2020.

In a Monday night council utility committee meeting, Dexter Krueger, village engineer, said the tower job should be ready for bids yet this year.

He estimated the price tag to be between $1.45-$1.5 million.

The tower will be funded using an Ohio Water Development Authority loan. Dettling said interest rates on OWDA loans are favorable.

The last such loan taken out, for work at the village wastewater treatment plant, had a 1.42% interest rate.

East Holland Street

Another project recommended for 2021 is the reconstruction of East Holland Street from Vine Street to North Lincoln Street. Village officials have budgeted $1.1 million for the work.

The village has received a $275,000 Ohio Public Works Commission Grant to assist with the task.

The list of things to be accomplished includes resurfacing East Holland Street from North Lincoln Street east to a point between Farmington and Meadow roads.

The 2021 list also includes improvements to the Brush Creek Sanitary Sewer Lift Station.

During 2020, $100,000 was expended on that project. For 2021, expenditures are estimated at $559,070.

In total, the village anticipates spending just over $5 million on capital projects, funded through village income tax revenues.–David Pugh