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Meanwhile, major projects in the levee and flood control were under way.
Bids for renovation of Lawrenceburg’s Remedial Flood Control station were scheduled in April. LCD had taken over operation and maintenance of the last flood control component still managed by the city.
The remedial station pump runs twenty-four hours a day keeping the lowland areas of the city flood free.
On April 16, the contract was awarded to Maxwell Construction at a bid price of $640,900. It would entail a total replacement of the aging station then in use.
At the same meeting, concept drawings for not only a baseball field but an entire sports complex were distributed to board members, with a tentative cost estimate of $1.4 to $1.6 million.
A meeting was planned with representatives of Greendale and Lawrenceburg governments to determine their participation.
By May, a tentative timeline had been established, with two soccer fields, two youth baseball fields, one full size baseball field, and four multipurpose fields to be under construction in the spring of 2010.
Meanwhile, test borings of the levee had revealed some serious problems.
After 93 test borings and 24 cross sections of the levee, engineers advised that there was concern about the relief wells that protect the levee from being undermined.
They recommended that all relief wells be replaced except those directly along the Ohio River.
Repairs to the western levee slough area were bid July, with Dave O’Mara Construction the winner at $396,474.
With construction of the new Lawrenceburg Conservancy District Community Athletic Park underway, plans were made to appoint a board of directors to oversee the facility.
The first board meeting took place November 2009.
Members included E.B. Seitz, Darrell Poindexter, and Steve Karsteter of LCD, Eric Schnebelt of Greendale City Council, Tony Abbott of Lawrenceburg City Council,
Bill Hinds, Steve Sassaman, Bill Offutt, Sherry Warren, Herschel Benkert, and Devon Denton.
Tentative plans were made to begin scheduling games and practice sessions in 2010.
Late in 2009, superintendent Vic Greive announced his planned retirement early in 2010. An immediate search began for a replacement.
By February of 2010, the construction of the sports complex had reached almost $1.4 million, and in that month, a contract was awarded to the Poole Group
to install a concession-restroom building, two storage- press box buildings and six dugouts for an additional $515,900. Fencing added another $91,410 to the cost.
Engineers had somber news about the condition of the levee near Tanners Creek and Lawrenceburg Distillers. Both they and the Army Corps of Engineers were concerned about deterioration of buildings and walls, which were a vital part of the floodwall in that location.
Right: LCD employees explain some of the procedures, equipment and personnel necessary to maintain the levee.