Bucket truck, loader to cost Macedonia $201,225
MACEDONIA – City Council OK’d the purchases of two pieces of equipment for the service department and an agreement to finance the purchase of equipment for the police and fire departments at its Oct. 27 meeting.
The city will buy a 2022 Ford F-550 bucket truck chassis and cab for $174,900 through the Ohio Department of Transportation’s cooperative purchasing program to replace a 1996 model. It will be a cash purchase.
The city also will buy a 2022 Case 580 Super N loader from Southeastern Equipment of Brunswick for $126,325 to replace a 1997 model. It also will be a cash transaction.
Meanwhile, the agreement to finance the police and fire departments’ equipment is with Huntington Public Capital Corp.
The lease/purchase agreement will cover a previously-approved new ambulance from Horton Emergency Vehicles and four Chevrolet Tahoe and six Dodge Durango police vehicles, the latter 10 vehicles including installation of equipment.
Financing will be over five years at 4.54 percent fixed interest. The total cost is $975,000, with interest payments amounting to $119,642 for a total of just over $1.09 million.
Service director Daniel Wilson said the bucket truck has been a long time coming, but hopefully will be available within six months.
The city has had a tough time finding the police vehicles and several orders have been canceled, but finance director John Veres said the four Tahoes are awaiting delivery on a lot in Massachusetts.
OTHER BUSINESS
An ordinance setting up a Tax Increment Financing agreement for the new Don Basch Jewelers building going up on Fairlane Drive was introduced.
TIF arrangements dedicate tax increments within a defined district to finance the debt issued to pay for infrastructure projects. The Basch agreement would allow the city to use service payments from the firm to improve nearby city roads.
Payments would go to the city in lieu of the firm paying real estate taxes, and the Nordonia Hills schools and Cuyahoga Valley Career Center would receive some real estate tax revenue and a portion of the payments.
Council recently OK’d TIFs for Optima Dermatology being built on Golden Link Boulevard off Route 8, Space Place between North Freeway Drive and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and The Wave car wash between KFC and the Key Inn.
The mayor was authorized to give consent to the Ohio Department of Transportation’s director to install recessed wet reflective pavement markings on Route 8 near the Valley View Road intersection.
City engineer Joe Gigliotti said the city will pay 20 percent of the cost of the work, or $2,900.
The service department was authorized to dispose of the old Longwood Park water fountain via auction at govdeals.com. It was noted the fountain was no longer functioning well, and a new one was installed.
Council authorized Veres to pay for capital purchases out of the planned capital purchase program fund. Of a total of $3.22 million, $1.49 million is encumbered and $1.73 million will be encumbered in the future.
To bring Chapters 920 “comprehensive stormwater management” and 923 “erosion and sentiment control” of the city’s codified ordinances into alignment with recent Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regulation updates, Council OK’d several revisions.
Council also approved amendments to the 2022 appropriations. Veres said money was moved around within several funds, resulting in a total reduction of $106,600 in the general fund and basically no change in all funds.
The Joint Economic Development District fund was increased by $150,000 to reflect extra income tax received this year.
Wilson reported leaf collection is under way, and residents can get updates on the city’s website each day after 4 p.m. on which areas will be picked up the next day.
Parks-Rec director Jason Chadock reported foundations have been poured for light poles at Longwood Park’s Ballfield C, and the poles and lights should be installed by mid-November.
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