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MARCH 21, 2012 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • A3
Excess salt creates storage problems By Leah Fightmaster lfightmaster@communitypress.com
The Tristate area's mild winter could have several communities on the hook for a lot of unused salt this year. Sycamore Township could be responsible for 80 percent, or 1,600 tons, of salt, but the township has nowhere to store it.
The township had none of its order shipped this year, and still has salt in storage from last year. Sycamore Township is included on the city of Cincinnati's contract with Morton Salt, and the city is negotiating with the company to determine a solution, Sycamore Township Superintendent Tracy Kellums said.
Morton suggested extending the contract through June 30 at no additional charge, storing, but not shipping it for an extra $4 per ton. If the township agrees to signing a new contract through April 2013, Morton will not raise the price, but will require the township to pay 4 percent of the trucks' fuel costs, Kellums said.
Sycamore Township pays about $62 per ton of salt, and has storage for about 400 more tons. Storing the 1,600 tons of salt the township would receive without taking the contract extension would cost about $4,800, as well as present environmental problems, Administrator Bruce Raabe said. Kellums said the town-
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ship could normally call other commuities and ask to store some of the salt, but he said everyone else is having the same problem as Sycamore. Trustee Cliff Bishop suggested taking the 400
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