Service department staff provided an update on public-works activities, including vegetation removal, disc-golf maintenance trials, water-plant work and road resurfacing.
The service report, delivered by service staff member Kitko, said the city rented a tracked excavator with a brush-removal head for about one month and used it to clear Tecumseh Trail, the Scarf Road water tower area, around the wastewater plant and parts of State Route 235 near Hensley Park and Eastlake Avenue. Kitko said one small remaining section on 235 remains to be finished.
Kitko said the city is testing whether staff can use rental equipment to maintain three or four holes on the municipal disc-golf course; Kitko noted the monthly rental cost was a little over $5,000 and that, contrary to an insurance estimate of about $600, the city's carrier charged $49 to cover the rental when combined with the brush head. He characterized the full brush-head-equipped machine and attachment as costing about $130,000.
On water projects, Kitko reported that the high-service pump building project was awarded to Lane Enterprises and that materials are being gathered; a December completion date was cited. On roads, Kitko said the 2025 road reconstruction and resurfacing work is substantially complete, and the city plans to repaint a new center line on Smith Street from Jefferson to Lake.
Kitko also said the county was completing reviews for CDBG funding for Carlisle Park Phase 2 and that Monroe Meadows Section 2 work has begun. He invited questions from council and answered inquiries about prior arrangements with neighboring townships to share equipment and work.