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Council scheduled a finance and legislation committee meeting to review pending legislation and a community development committee meeting for 6 p.m. on March 19. Members discussed committee assignments and clarified that community development — not general improvements — will handle a forthcoming agenda item.

Bob reported that downtown construction work has started on Terrace Street and State Street and described coordination with utility work. He said the project will maintain two lanes through most of construction but that brief lane closures are possible for truck movements and that work near the bridge may require lane reductions while crews replace a gas line and related utilities. He also noted coordination with Aqua Ohio so crews do not work on both sides of State Route 616 simultaneously.

A council member asked about three grants submitted for Nebo Park: two applications noted as “50” and one as “20” in the transcript. Council members said one application was submitted in January and two in February. The transcript does not specify whether those amounts are dollars, thousands, or grant identifiers; the amounts and grant sources are not specified in the record.

Council also noted that Charles Sawtelle will speak to the community development committee about a Tree City designation and recommendations, and that a judge’s presentation (identified in the transcript as Judge Malone) is scheduled for the 26th. No formal votes on these items were recorded in the caucus transcript.

The caucus included several procedural motions (for example, moving to dispense with the reading of minutes and to adjourn) and a motion to convene the finance and legislation meeting. The transcript does not show final outcomes for the grant applications or the Tree City recommendations; those items will be addressed in upcoming committee and council meetings.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Struthers Council Caucus Review Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At a Struthers caucus meeting council members set committee meeting dates, heard that downtown construction has started and that three grant applications for Nebo Park were submitted, and confirmed a planned presentation on Tree City designation.","taxTitle","Struthers City Council, Struthers, Mahoning County, Ohio","taxId",72187,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6283956,"Council to send draft sidewalk-control ordinance to committee amid downtown project planning",141,240000,381000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2584883-21267f160d7b7e7e6ed5f82e8dfbb7bc&start=240&end=381","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2584883-21267f160d7b7e7e6ed5f82e8dfbb7bc/thumbnail_240000.jpg","/articles/6283956/Ohio/Council-to-send-draft-sidewalk-control-ordinance-to-committee-amid-downtown-project-planning","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6283956-14af44538fc4bfaa638e291145d93018/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151377&Signature=WNK3mAUXjoFlT-kvfoyAFd3g6cUrd2HVKTzA9wkbGxpkBxP8zz1q8DFyvOYlhh6mxaG1mRgsxDIrfB83JrgT9OLbux6t3wWSbOB6JVqq0bASDAfw0k0w-6lz7Utnncv~8Qyxd8sIFslbdZY8pBJ34MJuxYVN~jVs6onVvO1D7ITYKzE4sQAA1EF-Pfksakl~VJlgDESny9nsFuto6ZxEKPHRyKOr35FgEeZ45A6r0Zg-vGvSZISNAupz5WuLhjzMNCzzpr4LGvnuWFpwD~OaPj1cc3ufcMCsdbKFnTwT7HfXh0uDgA733p7pJKw7zSglkavgaA1N2YW0wQSkgzObUQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Struthers City Council members discussed a draft ordinance to establish a Sidewalk Enhancement Control Authority — SECA — intended to give the city authority to repair sidewalks that are located outside public easements when surveys show sidewalks encroach onto private property.

Bob explained that engineers provided a template ordinance to address situations in which a sidewalk lies beyond a city easement and that SECA would allow the city to obtain temporary access or otherwise repair affected sidewalks without separate easement agreements. “This is an ordinance that was given to us by our engineers for a project this upcoming. If they run into a situation where a sidewalk, for some reason or another, is not in the easement, you have to get temporary access to that property. Well, this will allow us to repair any sidewalks that are not in the easement,” Bob said.

Council members said they had not yet received the engineers’ template in full and that the ordinance’s chapters and section numbers remained blank in the draft. They agreed the item could wait for a committee meeting to fill in the blanks and to review the ordinance in detail. One council member said the city had hoped to pass an ordinance before a downtown project starts, but the downtown project’s bidding schedule is not expected to complete until later in the year, so the ordinance can proceed through committee and the normal three-reading process.

The caucus transcript shows the council referred the ordinance to the next committee meeting; no formal readings or votes were recorded in the caucus. The draft ordinance’s chapter number, codified ordinance section, and any emergency clause are not specified in the transcript.","Council members reviewed a draft ordinance to create a Sidewalk Enhancement Control Authority (SECA) to allow the city to repair sidewalks that fall outside public easements; the draft will go to committee for review before being placed on the agenda.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6283962,"Council to introduce ordinance designating funds to pay Wetmore Bridge contractor",103,95000,198000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2584883-21267f160d7b7e7e6ed5f82e8dfbb7bc&start=95&end=198","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2584883-21267f160d7b7e7e6ed5f82e8dfbb7bc/thumbnail_95000.jpg","/articles/6283962/Ohio/Council-to-introduce-ordinance-designating-funds-to-pay-Wetmore-Bridge-contractor","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6283962-1b94988660517006e2d9a2540cd79105/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151377&Signature=QAn5FqhMfNrZK0xNRHVe6b13Lg0SQ0qCPuBcrHJ7np4Om8kgKADkFgGDiNU8P4YMvBRi5AB-favtcmfUHCARmd6HwIydMWjevo8uyHFjjS3gWjY-GqwAEtaZeBiq2PxESYAwg70XpKqsYkAgZ-gTKqTVfasxRwg4FF83sp3vA8-4aPA39jZ1-t67BcwqKsNvOMneT6CzunUWWYG0y7L9rP2oZK-htKnqtwIEjJbwrs2n1rvb9wfV240F6mswnvcVl3sp-oRs0BKWNoyKLN8JdbiQqqkyx3f29dwclhVohg2LdsTEUYiIE5Lngo~68bGsc64AxzJD~9hWwchnI9kfcA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Struthers City Council members said they will introduce an ordinance to authorize payment to Marucci and Gaffney Excavating Company as the lowest bidder on the Wetmore Bridge project and to designate the fund from which the company will be paid. Council described the step as necessary because an earlier ordinance and contract did not identify the payment source.

Council members said the contract is retroactive to August 2024. Bob, the city official who described the gap, said, “We have an ordinance passed and also enter into the contract, but we didn't in that ordinance, we didn't designate what fund they were gonna be paid out.” He said the new ordinance is intended to identify that fund so the city can pay the contractor.

Council members asked how the project proceeded without the payment designation. Bob said bidding and design were completed and that the original ordinance allowed entering into the contract but did not stipulate which fund would be used for payment. Council moved and seconded a motion to bring the ordinance out for consideration.

No formal vote adopting the ordinance was recorded in the caucus transcript. The ordinance as described includes an emergency clause and would authorize the mayor and safety-service director to enter into the contract retroactive to August 2024. The transcript does not specify the dollar amount of the contract, the ordinance number, or the fund to be used; those details are “not specified” in the record provided.

Council members said Marucci and Gaffney were the legitimate lowest bidders and should be paid once the funding designation is in place. The ordinance will be added to the next agenda for formal readings and possible passage.

The council’s discussion on this item occurred during the caucus meeting; no final council action on the payment fund was included in the caucus transcript.","Struthers City Council discussed an ordinance to authorize payment to Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co. for the Wetmore Bridge project, saying a prior contract lacked a specified funding source. Council members moved to bring the ordinance out for consideration.","actionData","errors"]

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