The Tax Incentive Review Council will meet on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 9:00AM in Conference Room C of the Champaign County Community Center at 1512 South US Highway 68 in Urbana, OH 43078.
 
For more information or a copy of the agenda/meeting materials, please contact Doug Crabill, City of Urbana Community Development Manager by email: doug.crabill@ci.urbana.oh.us or (937) 652-4305.

ORBIS Breaks Ground on Urbana, Ohio Plant Expansion
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. — Oct. 4, 2022 — ORBIS® Corporation, an international leader in reusable packaging, has broken ground on an expansion of its manufacturing facility located in Urbana, Ohio. This new facility will expand an already existing ORBIS plant, located at 200 Elm St, adding 30% more space for the manufacture of totes, bulk containers and pallets. This will add more presses and tools to increase capacity and shorten lead times. Coupled with its favorable geographic location for freight optimization, the Urbana plant expansion will help ORBIS better serve its customers.

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​On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, A&B Asphalt Corporation and its subcontractors are scheduled to start work on the City of Urbana’s 2022 Asphalt Program.  All work is weather permitting.  Parking restrictions will be posted within work areas, and vehicles parked in violation will be towed.  In addition, flaggers will be used to maintain traffic.
 
Under this program, the following streets are scheduled to be resurfaced: Tanglewood Drive; Nova Drive from Camelot Drive to Eastview Drive; Eastview Drive from Scioto Street (State Route 29) to Seville Drive; Seville Drive from New Haven Drive to Parkway Boulevard; Long Bay Drive from Seville Drive to Parkway Boulevard; Parview Court; and Lippencott Lane.
 
Project work is scheduled to start with milling of the existing pavement on streets that are slated for resurfacing.  After milling, pavement repairs will be made to the existing pavement.  Once the milling process and pavement repair work is complete, a subcontractor is scheduled to chip seal all of the streets that are planned for resurfacing.  Chip sealing is installed as an interlayer to reduce future cracking and moisture penetration between the existing asphalt and the new pavement surface and is intended only as a temporary driving surface.  Once the chip sealing is completed, the final surface course will be installed with the adjustment of manholes and water valves and pavement striping where required to follow.
 
This work is under contract for $712,911.36 and includes paving projects at Melvin Miller Park.  For the projects at Melvin Miller Park, the City of Urbana has secured $49,666.00 in grant funding through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ NatureWorks Program to pave and resurface a parking lot and driveways and to improve the existing pickleball courts.  After Labor Day, American Pavements, Inc. is under contract to complete crack sealing of multiple city streets at a cost of $47,543.38.  In August, in cooperation with Salem Township and with grant funding through the Ohio Public Works Commission, Dellinger Road between North Main Street and Clark Road/East Lawn Avenue is scheduled to be resurfaced at a cost of $132,029.50 with the city’s share being $15,010.89.  Lastly, before the end of the 2022 paving season, an ODOT Urban Resurfacing Project will be undertaken on South Main Street between Pearce Place and Market Street and on North Main Street between Court Street and Washington Avenue/Gwynne Street.  For that project, the city is required to provide 20% of the project cost with the low bid for that project being $925,870.94.

On Friday, September 24, 2021, The Shelly Company and its subcontractors are scheduled to start work on the City of Urbana’s 2021 Asphalt Program.  All work is weather permitting.  Parking restrictions will be posted within work areas, and vehicles parked in violation will be towed.  In addition, flaggers will be used by the contractor to maintain traffic.
 
Under this program, the following streets are scheduled to be resurfaced: Crescent Drive between Finch Street and Ames Avenue; Ames Avenue between Scioto Street and Amherst Drive; Patrick Avenue between Scioto Street and South Jefferson Avenue (State Route 54), Washington Avenue between North Main Street and East Lawn Avenue; Carson Street between Boyce Street and Urbana High School; Glenn Avenue between Miami Street and just north of West Court Street; West Court Street between Glenn Avenue and North Oakland Street; West Court Street between North Edgewood Avenue and the eastern dead end of West Court Street; West Church Street between North Rohrer Street and North Edgewood Avenue; and South Rohrer Street between Miami Street and South Oakland Street.  In addition, full depth pavement repairs are planned on Muzzy Road.
 
Project work is scheduled to start with milling of the existing pavement on streets that are slated for resurfacing.  This milling work will be completed by a subcontractor and is anticipated to take approximately three days.  After milling, pavement repairs will be made to the existing pavement.  Once the milling process and pavement repair work is complete, a subcontractor is scheduled to chip seal the existing pavement surfaces on Ames Avenue, Patrick Avenue, Carson Street, Glenn Avenue, West Court Street, West Church Street, and South Rohrer Street.  Chip sealing is installed as an interlayer to reduce future cracking and moisture penetration between the existing asphalt and the new pavement surface and is intended only as a temporary driving surface.  The pavement resurfacing work by The Shelly Company, including the full depth repairs on Muzzy Road, is anticipated to take approximately 6 days to complete with scheduling planned to avoid interruptions near the Urbana High School campus.  Once all paving work is completed, subcontractors will adjust manholes and water valves and restripe pavement markings where required.
 
This work is under contract for $504,357.88 and is the final part of the city’s planned asphalt maintenance and paving projects for 2021.  Earlier this summer, Strawser Construction, Inc. completed the crack sealing of multiple streets around the city at a final cost of $49,146.90.  The Aero-Mark Company also completed pavement striping within the city earlier this year at a cost of $6,350.30.  In addition, Scioto Street was paved through an ODOT project with city being required to contribute 20% of the cost or $123,984.00.  In total, these four projects represent a local investment in 2021 of $683,839.08 into the maintenance and improvement of existing city streets.
 
Media Contacts:
 
Tyler Bumbalough, Urbana City Engineer
(937) 652-4324
tyler.bumbalough@ci.urbana.oh.us
 
Doug Crabill; Community Development Manager
(937) 652-4305
doug.crabill@ci.urbana.oh.us

​The Salary Commission will be holding a meeting on September 28, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. in the lower Lobby of the Municipal Building, 205 S. Main Street, Urbana, Ohio.

There will be an ​Urbana City Council Work Session on Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 has been cancelled.

​On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, The Shelly Company and its subcontractors are scheduled to start work on the City of Urbana’s 2020 Asphalt Program.  All work is weather permitting.  Parking restrictions will be posted within work areas, and vehicles parked in violation will be towed.  In addition, flaggers will be used by the contractor to maintain traffic. 

Under this program, the following streets are scheduled to be resurfaced: West Light Street between Railroad Street and North Oakland Street; Mosgrove Street from North Oakland Street to North Edgewood Avenue; Gwynne Street from Poplar Street to North Edgewood Avenue; West Ward Street from North Edgewood Avenue to an alleyway east of Freeman Avenue; Elm Street; Ann Street; Hitt Street; Elbert Street; the 100 block of South Kenton Street; and Cherry Lane. In addition, pavement patching is planned for sections of Boyce Street between North Main Street and Old Farm Road. Also, the city parking lot and alleyway between the 100 block of Scioto Street and the 100 block of East Court Street is scheduled to be repaved as well as the alleyway between the 100 block of East Court Street and the 100 block of East Church Street.

On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 and Wednesday, September 23, 2020, a subcontractor is scheduled to mill the existing pavement that is slated for resurfacing. The following week, on Monday, September 28, 2020 and Tuesday, September 29, 2020, the Shelly Company is scheduled to complete the planned pavement repairs. On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, a subcontractor is scheduled to chip seal the existing pavement surfaces on West Light Street, Mosgrove Street, Gwynne Street, West Ward Street, Elm Street, Ann Street, Hitt Street, and Elbert Street. Chip sealing is installed as an interlayer to reduce future cracking and moisture penetration between the existing asphalt and the new pavement surface and is intended only as a temporary driving surface. The pavement resurfacing work by The Shelly Company is scheduled for Thursday, October 1, 2020; Friday, October 2, 2020; and Monday, October 5, 2020. Once all paving work is completed, subcontractors will adjust manholes as well as restripe the parking lot that is being paved.

This work is under contract for $269,995.20 and is the final portion of the city’s planned asphalt maintenance and paving projects for 2020.  Earlier this summer, Bituminous Pavement Systems completed the crack sealing of multiple streets citywide at a cost of $44,550.50.  During August, Strawser Construction, Inc. microsurfaced East Water Street and East Lawn Avenue at a final cost of $130,785.34. These three projects represent a local investment in 2020 of $445,331.04 into the maintenance and improvement of existing city streets.