Council learns city truck purchase to cost about $34K more
TWINSBURG – The nationwide trend of rising commodity prices will result in the city having to pay $34,122 more than it expected for a Freightliner M2106 chassis, dump bed, plow, salt spreader and related equipment.
That amount will be added to the original $205,463 cost of the vehicle, which brings the total to $239,585. Council approved the additional cost at its Oct. 11 meeting.
On May 24, Council authorized the mayor to enter into a contract for the purchase from Valley Freightliner.
The chassis was to have cost $101,650, with $1,000 for rust proofing from Ziebart, $101,413 for the dump bed, plow, salt spreader and controls from Concord Road Equipment and $1,400 for a two-way radio and equipment from B&C Communications.
However, the dump bed, plow, salt spreader and controls price has risen by $34,122, thus increasing the price for those items to $135,535. Council adjusted the service capital account in the 2022 appropriations to reflect the added cost.
Another appropriations adjustment was adding $18,200 to the sewer revenue fund’s “other miscellaneous equipment/improvements” account to replace a sewage plant switch gear on the electrical grid for backup power in case of an emergency outage.
OTHER BUSINESS
A three-year contract was awarded to Cintas Corp. of Solon for 2023 uniform and floor mat rental services for various city departments at a cost of $76,752.
An amended policy to provide for proper accounting and reporting of fixed assets in an accurate and timely manner was approved. The city’s fixed assets with a useful life of more than five years and an original or estimated cost of more than $10,000 will be capitalized in the appropriate classification as a fixed asset, whereas the previous figure was $5,000.
Council also OK’d the transfer of a Sig Sauer service weapon to retired police Det. Greg Kopniske as an honorarium for his 33 years of service.
A conditional use permit was approved for the Church in Cleveland to occupy a unit at 2057 E. Aurora Road, while action on another was postponed for Mark Nicastro to engage in firearms sales at his home on Pine Bark Place.
Council is seeking more documentation about how Nicastro’s sales business would operate before acting. The planning commission previously favored granting both of the conditional use permits.
Council sent to second reading a measure allowing the lands and improvements in Whispering Woods Phase 3 to be dedicated for public use, along with a maintenance guarantee and reduction of the developer’s performance guarantee.
Action on the dedication was postponed after a resident claimed the developer has not cleaned up an area surrounding the development’s identification sign at Route 82 and Chamberlin Road.
City officials will look into that matter before Council acts on the dedication.
City engineer Amy Mohr said the improvements have been installed and inspected, and the developer has agreed to prepare and record a roadway dedication of the Merryville Drive plat for filing with the Summit County recorder.
“We were waiting for the developer to complete a fence along Chamberlin Road prior to dedication,” said Mohr.
Acting Mayor Sam Scaffide announced Pepsico is looking at expanding its operations and is considering buying a vacant building in the city.
He also said ribbon cuttings took place recently for Bella Roots Salon & Boutique in Mazzara’s Plaza and Twinsburg Family Medicine and Foot & Ankle Clinic on Route 82 near the Square.
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This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Council learns city truck purchase to cost about $34K more
