SPRING CLEAN-UP - For City Residential Homes Only

Spring Clean-Up is for special items only!   Normal tagged garbage must be out on your normal collection day.

Items must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the day of your pickup.

Saturday, May 10 - ALL residents living South of Spring Street, ALL residents living East of the River, and residents living West of the River on the South side of Spring Street.

Saturday, May 17 - ALL residents living West of the River, ALL residents living North of Spring Street, and residents living West of the River on the North side of Spring Street.

• Limited to 1/2 of 1 pickup truck (filled level), not to exceed 400 lbs.

• No call backs for special items left out on wrong Saturday, put out too late, or too much debris.

• Items must be bagged, boxed, or bundled.

Items that will not be picked up:

The City or Contractor will not be responsible for lost or misplaced items.

If you have questions, call the Utility Office - 419-394-3303, ext. 1-1244.

2008 STREET PROGRAM

The following is a list of the streets that will be resurfaced in 2008: 

Pear Street (High St. - Armstrong St.)

Tecumseh Drive (Indiana Ave. - Cul-de-sac)

Hendricks Avenue (Gas St. - Axe St.)

West Street (South St. - Jackson St.)

Vine Street (Oil St. - Armstrong St.)

Water Street (Front St. - Jefferson St.)

Greenville Road (Ash St. - Webb St.)

The following is a list of streets to be reconstructed in 2008:

Woodward Street (Wayne St. - Hackney St.)

Hillcrest Drive (Spruce St. - West End)

Ash Street Railroad Crossing

Bids for the 2008 Street Program were opened February 14, 2008, and a contract has been awarded to P.A.B. Construction, Coldwater, Ohio, in the amount of $712,800.50.  Work on the above streets is expected to begin as soon as weather permits.

2008 CDBG MAPLE STREET RAILROAD CROSSING PROJECT

The railroad crossing on Maple Street will be reconstructed in 2008 by replacing the crossing with concrete and resurfacing Maple Street.

Bids for this project were opened February 14, 2008, and a contract has been awarded to P.A.B. Construction, Coldwater, Ohio, in the amount of $42,764.80.  P.A.B. will begin this project as soon as RJ Corman Railroad Company has completed their portion of the project.

2007 ISSUE I PROJECT

The City will receive Issue I Grant dollars for use in repairing the sanitary sewers in the Uptown area.  Sewer repairs will take place in the following areas:

• Northeast sewer located west of Spruce Street and south of Gordon Grove.  This portion is located in an existing residential area in the northeast portion of the City.

• Cotton Mill sanitary sewer located between Spring Street and High Street and between the River and the Canal.  This portion is located in an existing commercial area in the center of the City. - completed.

The project consists of replacing sanitary sewer main lines, manholes, lateral connections, and lift station pumps throughout the City.

The northeast sewer will consist of 1100 lin. ft. of 15" sewer main with 5 manholes.  The Cotton Mill sewer will consist of 257 lin. ft. of sewer main with 5 manholes.  The sanitary sewer re-lining project will consist of 1100 ft. of 12" sewer and 400 ft. of 15" sewer main.

UTILITY / TAX BUILDING PARKING STRUCTURE

R.J. Zachrich, Defiance, Ohio, is nearing completion of this parking structure.  The Utility Office drive-thru window and parking area should be open for business sometime in June.  

As of Monday, March 10th, all City Parks will be operating on summer hours (7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.). 

During 2008 the Parks Department will remove the wood climbers in several parks and replace them with climbing toys.  A new batting cage will be constructed next to diamond #8.

The Department will continue through the Spring 2008 with adding dirt and re-working the fields on diamonds #1-#4, #9, & #10.

WATER DEPARTMENT

Projects scheduled for 2008 include:

• Repainting the interior of the McKinley Road Water Tower;

• Installation of a large-diameter water main underneath both the St. Marys River and the Miami & Erie Canal at the north edge of the City;

• Planning for a water extension to serve the new school site;

• Work on the distribution system related to the 2008 Street Program; and,

• Possible water line installation in the Sandy Beach area. 

FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER

One major project is scheduled at the Center for 2008 - repainting the floors in both the Competition Pool and Leisure Pool.