Tue Feb 07 2012
By NICK SABO
Staff Writer
Millersburg officials will seek to determine the wastewater treatment plant's capacity before committing to potential projects that could increase wastewater flows.
Mayor Jeff Huebner said Aug. 23 the village is looking at several engineering firms with the goal of having a completed study of the wastewater plant's current capacity. The village is reviewing the firms to pick one qualified to complete the assessment, Solicitor Bob Hines said.
Huebner said the emergence of several potential new users of the plant prompted review of the plant's capabilities. Upgrades to the plant increased peak capacity to 1.4 million gallons per day, but the operating systems have since been modified in an effort to run at peak efficiency, Huebner said. By going with a hybrid operating system, utility costs at the plant have decreased. Whether the peak gallons per day suffered as a result is unknown.
The plant operates at a daily average of 750,000 gpd, according to village records.
Possible new users of the plant in the near future include structures involved in the planned fairgrounds relocation and a housing development, Huebner said.
"We feel confident there won't be a problem, (however) if we know what the capacity is, that keeps us in line," Huebner said.
Huebner called the approach "proactive" in a statement he read at Monday's council meeting. He said the village hopes to have a firm ready to start by mid-September with the capacity study completed by the end of the year.
In other business, Administrator Kevin Brooks said a cross at the entrance to Oak Hill Cemetery is in poor shape and will have to be taken down or replaced. A local donor has offered a flagpole as a replacement, but Brooks said he wanted to get public input before the cross is removed.
"I know from past discussions people are very passionate about the cemetery," Brooks said. "We don't want to alienate anyone."
The cross can be replaced but that "would be costly and take time," Brooks said. Brooks noted the cross' arms are currently supported with wires, and said even before the vinyl casing was placed over the wood, the cross "was already" deteriorating.
The next meeting of council will be held Sept. 13.
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