Cadiz administrator updates council on waterline

Village Administrator Brandon Ludwig updated council on four projects during Cadiz’s final meeting of the month Jan. 22.

Ludwig first discussed the Grant Street waterline, part of the village’s Phase II project. He said the village recently met with engineers from E.L. Robinson to discuss the Phase III waterline project, which includes a $1.3 million grant.

“We’re also going to be putting together some stuff for the water plant to address some things in this project, which will help us go after some more funding from the EPA,” Ludwig said.

He said the village expects to be competitive for additional funding and that more information should be available in the coming months.

Ludwig then provided an update on the water treatment plant, where work on the No. 4 filter has been completed after new media was installed and concrete was poured. After inspection, he said “everything came back good,” but adjustments were needed for backwashing.

“The plan is to put that filter back in service, which means we’ll have four filters now back in service,” Ludwig told council.

He said the work to return all four filters to service is being funded through H2Ohio, the clean water program launched by Gov. Mike DeWine in 2019. Ludwig said the media replacement took longer due to concrete work and inspections requested by engineering company WesTech. He said replacing media in two remaining filters should take one to two days per filter.

Ludwig also reported the North Main Street sidewalk project has been completed. He credited the street department for working with the contractor to reduce costs, saying the project came in at about $20,000 instead of an earlier estimate of $60,000.

“So, big shout out to them for cost savings on that,” he said.

Finally, Ludwig said the village plans to improve a section of roadway between Bingham Terrace and the Square Uptown by creating a designated walking path.

“There’s just a small section now between Kerr and Maplewood to kind of get a designated walking path, and we’re going to work on that this year to connect that whole way,” Ludwig said. “That way we won’t see a lot of foot traffic walking out in the street.”

Ludwig later said in an email the work will be funded through capital outlay from the general fund.