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Engineering staff member Platt told the council Road to Finish is a consultant used by the city to provide on-site construction inspection and daily reporting when city in-house staff are at capacity. \"They do construction inspection for us. They're able to be on the ground during construction projects,\" Platt said, noting the consultant provides daily reports and can scale up when multiple projects overlap.

Platt said Road to Finish is currently assigned to two major projects: the Mansfield Avenue shared-use path and inspection for the Liberty Crossing development (water, storm and sanitary sewer installations). \"We need somebody on-site inspecting that, making sure it's done to the city standards,\" Platt said. He told council the city's existing contract limit of $75,000 had been reached and that additional authorization would allow the consultant to continue through approximately two more months of the construction season.

Council members asked whether bringing in a different inspection firm would slow progress because a new contractor would need to become familiar with the projects. Platt said keeping the current contractor avoids relearning work and provides continuity.

Council voted to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution by roll call. Staff said the contract extension is intended to ensure projects remain inspected to city standards during the remainder of the construction season and that the consultant's role is primarily to supplement in-house inspection capacity rather than replace it.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Live Stream - City of Mount Vernon, Ohio","oneSentenceSummary","Mount Vernon City Council approved a contract extension Sept. 29 for Road to Finish LLC to continue providing on-site construction inspection for city projects.","taxTitle","Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio","taxId",71655,"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},5972082,"Council approves emergency payment resolution as legal services POs exceed budgets",43,749000,792000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5854657-50e7d7f75749ce3778c9bbb18b9ee100&start=749&end=792","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5854657-50e7d7f75749ce3778c9bbb18b9ee100/thumbnail_749000.jpg","/articles/5972082/Ohio/Council-approves-emergency-payment-resolution-as-legal-services-POs-exceed-budgets","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5972082-31d6eec6382864faf5c994d270a16128/orig.mp4?Expires=1770523574&Signature=faht4ZgMz7FmlLgjdyF8sh~9v7rebb31UQccGEldegCyDG4SGKiahZivIyM97GLK30nnWiQyK4WJvDyE9-jCUhHHwNHui5Ivob0T~5RbzRq1P8dASxUKeX8fXIr5bznrnj~ubRAl2KTS37OuwEXsz1ggObQOjxUOefziTyQf1MCHpxMttx074oOZhorppcnMVQrZhOVu-NMi09zm86re5ZitzUGIbBWK5eif7KJv-d3-m1qGp1stjvVPZEedUKyxCvHXhSs1NjF9KC-QzGnRpIoKpbWnBX28A~Cucs8QyQFiZ18NvYWS-TpIlnrnwwTBSufkQ82q3n0P~J3stLhx0g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mount Vernon City Council on Sept. 29 adopted Resolution 2025-96, authorizing and directing the city auditor to pay bills under Section 5705.41(D) then-and-now certification. Council suspended the rules and took the measure to final reading the same evening.

Brinkley, a city official, told council the expenditures reflected ongoing legal work for two matters: an ongoing litigation matter previously discussed in executive session and legal services related to the creation of new TIFs. \"Both of them, the city had budgeted for legal services,\" Brinkley said. He explained the original blanket purchase orders placed at the beginning of the year had been exhausted and the city issued new purchase orders to cover additional fees.

Brinkley said the city had previously set blanket purchase orders in the range of roughly $10,000 to $15,000 for those legal services, and the current invoices required an additional round of POs. \"There were existing POs at the beginning of the year. This is actually, I think, the third round of POs for both of these,\" Brinkley said.

Council members voted to suspend the rules requiring three readings and then adopted the resolution by roll call vote. City staff said adopting the then-and-now certification allows the auditor to pay the outstanding invoices while preserving the city's ability to meet legal obligations and continue active work on litigation and the TIF creation.

The resolution record does not list the specific dollar amounts of the invoices paid under the then-and-now certification beyond staff commentary that initial blanket POs were about $10,000 to $15,000 and that the current need may require increasing blanket PO levels. The council did not change policy on legal procurement during the meeting; staff said they would continue to manage POs and bring budget adjustments as needed.","Mount Vernon City Council adopted an emergency resolution Sept. 29 allowing the city auditor to pay outstanding legal invoices after purchase orders for those services were exceeded.",{"_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},5972086,"Mount Vernon council adopts electric-aggregation amendments, residents ask for clearer cost disclosure",606,317000,923000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5854657-50e7d7f75749ce3778c9bbb18b9ee100&start=317&end=923","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5854657-50e7d7f75749ce3778c9bbb18b9ee100/thumbnail_317000.jpg","/articles/5972086/Ohio/Mount-Vernon-council-adopts-electric-aggregation-amendments-residents-ask-for-clearer-cost-disclosure","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5972086-3ff8b9b17b2ba4e9d75c1f7eab62a033/orig.mp4?Expires=1770523574&Signature=lb8d4GtUO4dmobkF6P5QwemaIarDZEZQ~cLIghSDJObBq-sajX9A9WzUheA8fPrtpxEXOF~liQjwgOeGK90SYPGmEMFwUpPaBtytUsDvYU3W9ZhLnTsfKROswlaPDLVL~qiggC7fu8LnH-2RYc66Z67-58UVgopRobsaDnSDuqcqKdwfBg2Mc5fyRkbmz55ekMb1hMDf42miiTDOPWfAIa-eE24AqkBrw88LfiZQoSKfrO5PZri8d-14VA3HhbFd33g2iqJioiix07iNzG4VzBWXdTp79cNw4HAg1YrwkFfUNAmab0mLXwENOoHNHll7WXb4CqkBOJags4QVkDKlsw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mount Vernon City Council adopted two resolutions on Sept. 29 to let the city participate in a multi-jurisdictional electric aggregation program and to amend the city's electric aggregation plan of operation and governance. The council approved Resolution 2025-93, authorizing the safety-service director to enter a governmental aggregation program participation agreement, and Resolution 2025-99, which updates the city's aggregation plan and is intended to permit simultaneous contracting with nearby Fredericktown to lock in supplier rates.

The action followed a public comment from Jennifer Shoman, who said she lives at 200 North Edgewood Road and asked the city to provide greater transparency about the amendments and to post the updated plan on the next agenda. \"I would like to request greater transparency on resolution 25 99 and clarification on what specific changes were made,\" Shoman said. She specifically flagged section E of the plan's miscellaneous governance guidelines, which states \"all cost of the aggregation program development and administration will be paid through the inclusion of an adder that will be added to member bills.\" Shoman asked whether the council has a projection of those costs and whether any negotiated aggregation rate would be discounted enough to offset the adder.

Tanner, a city staff member speaking during the discussion, said the amended documents largely reflect a standard form from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and that the city removed its prior broker from the draft so that the council could authorize a simultaneous agreement to lock rates when RFP results are returned. \"This is a standard document that comes to us from the PUCO,\" Tanner said. He told the council the city has engaged Palmer to run the request-for-proposal process and that the simultaneous agreement is intended to allow Mount Vernon and Fredericktown to lock a supplier rate on the same day.

Council members and staff discussed how aggregation works, customer-service issues with prior suppliers, and opt-out implications. Tanner told residents to read any third-party offers carefully and warned that short-term outside contracts could offer lower initial rates but include termination fees or other conditions. \"Buyer beware,\" Tanner said. He also said the city chose Palmer in part because Palmer provides local customer support and communications that were missing under the prior broker.

During council discussion, staff said the city expects about 5,700 eligible Mount Vernon accounts; Fredericktown's eligible accounts were described as about 1,300. Council members and staff said combining eligible accounts with neighboring jurisdictions should increase buying power when the city and Fredericktown sign together. Tanner said a gas RFP is expected later and that the current actions primarily address electricity but provide authorization to execute agreements when other RFPs are complete.

Council adopted both resolutions by roll call vote. City staff said the amendments come from PUCO-regulated templates and that the changes discussed during the meeting included removing the prior broker from the plan and authorizing Palmer to proceed with an RFP process and contracting as results arrive. Members of the public who spoke urged that the amended plan and an explanation of the adder be posted and that any final aggregation rate be shown to offset program administrative costs before enrollment begins.

The council's action does not itself specify exact adder amounts or final supplier rates; staff said those figures will be known after RFP responses are received. The resolution record shows the city will communicate RFP results to council when available and execute participation agreements at the time rates are locked.","The Mount Vernon City Council adopted two resolutions to participate in a regional electric aggregation program and amend the city's aggregation plan. A resident urged more transparency about an \"adder\" that would pay program development and administration costs and asked the city to publish the amended plan before the next meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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