YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved two contracts, totaling $607,076, with Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co. for a pair of emergency sewer replacement projects.

The board voted 3-0 on Thursday for both contracts with the Youngstown-based company.

One is for $394,906 for a project on West Federal Street that included the replacement of sanitary sewers, sanitary lateral pipes and a broken waterline after The Federal, a downtown restaurant and bar at 110 W. Federal St., reported sewage backup, said Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works.

“It was one of the most complicated sewer projects we had,” Shasho said. “It was not a pleasant repair.”

Marucci & Gaffney had to use expensive equipment to reach the sewer lines for repairs and to replace 20 feet of city lines and 20 feet of The Federal’s lines, Shasho said.

Also, a waterline lost support during repairs and broke during the repairs, Shasho said.

The work was finished a few months ago, Shasho said.

The city had to dig up a section of West Federal Street that was repaved last year as part of a major downtown improvement project. There is currently a patch on that section with plans to repave it later, Shasho said.

The other project is the replacement of storm sewer lines, costing $212,170, near the state Route 711 entrance ramp by Burlington Street.

“This thing is nasty,” Shasho said. “But we got a great price for such a project.”

The 42-inch sewer line is about 35 feet deep, he said. About 120 feet of pipe needs to be replaced.

The city sought emergency bids for the project with Marucci & Gaffney submitting the low bid.

The work hasn’t been finished, Shasho said.

Also at Thursday’s meeting, the board of control agreed to renew a contract with Environmental Collaborative of Ohio, a Boardman firm, for $225,000 to assist the city with storm sewer compliance support and reporting.

The company helps the city comply with federally mandated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System requirements.

“We have one employee who does it, but needs help because we have to do seven or eight reports on water quality, flooding and storm water,” Shasho said.