Council still on the fence, debating cemetery enclosure
By Sam Shawver, sshawver@mariettatimes.comMarietta City Council's lands, buildings and parks committee continued to deliberate Tuesday whether to replace or rehabilitate the fence surrounding the city's Mound Cemetery. The current iron fence, built in 1931 by Sewah Studios of Marietta, is in various stages of disrepair.
"We thank the committee for working with us and giving this issue thorough consideration," said Jean Yost with the Washington County Historical Society's Mound Cemetery Committee.
He presented the council committee with a review of a bid proposal to rehabilitate the existing fence, which is the historical society's preferred alternative.
But the city engineering department has proposed replacing the existing barrier with a galvanized and coated tubular steel fence of the same design that would be more cost-effective.
Total cost estimates have not yet been determined for replacement or rehabilitation.
Councilman Jon Grimm, R-3rd Ward, who chairs the lands, buildings and parks committee, said the proposal presented by Yost could be added as an alternative to the city engineer's proposal as legislation is prepared to put the project out for bid.
In other business, Councilman Tom Vukovic, D-4th Ward, and chairman of council's water, sewer and sanitation committee, noted that following heavy rainstorms that hit the area on June 2 several citizens had contacted the city about sanitary sewer backups at their residences.
"There were concerns that the stormwater duckbill valves affected the sanitary sewer system," Vukovic said.
The duckbill backflow prevention valves were recently installed along the Ohio and Muskingum rivers on several of the city's storm sewer outflows to help prevent rising river waters from entering the storm sewer system and causing flooding within the city.
Steve Elliott, the city's wastewater superintendent, explained that, unlike many cities, Marietta's storm and sanitary sewers have been separated for years so that flows from either system cannot interfere with the other.
"But this was a major rainstorm, with 2 inches of rain falling in a short period of time," Elliott said, noting that such an event could cause problems with sanitary sewer connections that wouldn't normally occur during a more typical storm.
"But this was not a problem caused by the duckbills," Vukovic said. "They should have no impact on the city's sanitary sewer system."
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Marietta1788
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06-18-09 5:59 AM
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Fix the current fence and Sewah should donate their services to the community for this.(if they still do fences)
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Johanna
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06-18-09 2:02 AM
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Fence repair should be a given! Ranks up there with dilapidated Flags!!!!
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Johanna
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06-18-09 2:00 AM
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I's send this question?/issue to the City Auditor!!!!
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Johanna
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06-18-09 1:57 AM
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Replace?
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TheBridge
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06-17-09 4:33 PM
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For sure we will put this project off! Once again council is proving to be unable to make even the most simple decisions! We talk about conserving resources, but yet we are now ready to trash a perfectly good fence that could be remediated and replace it with an aluminum fence that won't last half as long as this one!
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hockeypuck
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06-17-09 2:54 PM
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Get ready, folks! It is almost time for the Vuk and Shive "NO" show! That fence will just have to wait!
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