Brimfield trustees are focused on expanding the fire station and administration building. It is a two-phase project.
Two potentially toxic waste sites created by the legally dubious demolition of the former Flamingo Motel in Atwater are now clean, environmental regulators said.
Voters in the Waterloo Local School District once again rejected a proposed school levy by a margin of 405 votes.
Kent voters will decide whether to approve an ordinance lowering the penalties for misdemeanor marijuana offenses. Specifically, the ordinance calls for:
Pending approval from the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office, Atwater trustees tentatively accepted a $76,600 bid from HEPA Environmental Services in Rootstown to clean up two potentially toxic debris piles in Atwater and Randolph.
Atwater Township Fire Department is gearing up for its centennial celebration Sept. 10, where there will be food venders, historical apparatus, and at least one extrication demo at the fire station, allowing viewers to see how the Jaws of Life operate.
Opting to err on the side of transparency, Atwater trustees will advertise for contractors to bid on the cleanup of two potentially hazardous debris piles on Waterloo Road in Atwater and Eberly Road in Randolph.
Atwater Township trustees did not conduct any due diligence on the contractor they hired to demolish the Flamingo Motel. If they had, they might have discovered his lengthy court record related to shoddy work and his felony conviction for stealing over $140,000 from Rivers Garage.
Cleaning up two potentially toxic debris piles in Atwater and Randolph township continues to be on hold as Atwater trustees struggle to find qualified contractors willing to do the job.
The contractor who demolished the Flamingo Motel in Atwater never pulled a permit to do so from the Portage County Building Department, a required step that would have triggered testing for asbestos.
The old Flamingo Motel is gone, but the wreckage could cost Atwater Township almost $100,000 after officials authorized the demolition without following environmental rules.