ASHTABULA — City workers completed ice storm debris pickup Sunday, an official said.
It took about six weeks for the men to finish all five wards in the city, said Dom Iarocci, superintendent of city services.
“I would very much like to commend the guys from public works and all of the people from Local 1197 who pitched in and did an awesome job,” he said. “I’d especially like to commend Tony Tulino and Henry Henton, who are foremen in public works.”
More than 9,000 cubic yards of debris, or 1,500 truck loads, were removed from tree lawns by city crews. Residents transported additional debris to the old Ohio Department of Transportation building on West Avenue.
Brobst Tree Service will grind it all into mulch.
“The city workers did the job as efficiently and productive as possible, while keeping up with all the other work they have to do,” Iarocci said.
City Manager Anthony Cantagallo said city crews did a “magnificent job.”
Jack Fortune, administrative assistant in public works, kept track of all the costs involved in the massive cleanup. This way, the city can be reimbursed with state and federal disaster aid for the workers’ overtime and use of equipment, Iarocci said.
“The first week of March was unbelievable for the city with the ice storm and then the snowstorm two days later,” he said. “But the city workers rose to the challenge and got the job done.”
Now city crews will move on to fixing the backstop at Smith Field, which collapsed under the weight of the ice, and filling potholes with the new Dura-Patch machine that’s expected to arrive June 1.
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