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Powell adopts cooperation agreement to join regional traffic-signal software system
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2025-13 authorizing a cooperation agreement to migrate traffic-signal software to a cloud-based system hosted with the City of Delaware and Delaware County, covering 16 signals (nine on the Sawmill Parkway corridor); Powell's proportional cost share listed as about $43,000.
The Powell City Council voted April 15 to adopt Resolution 2025-13, authorizing the city manager to enter a cooperation agreement with the City of Delaware to join a regional central traffic-signal software system.
City staff said the project will migrate the city's current traffic-signal software to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-hosted system operated through Delaware County and will improve coordination across jurisdictions along the Sawmill Parkway corridor. Andy Merritt, city manager, said the agreement supports a council priority to reduce traffic congestion along that corridor.
Aaron (city engineer) told council the system will cover the city’s 16 core signals, nine of which are along the Sawmill Parkway corridor, and will coordinate signals owned by the city, Delaware County and an ODOT signal. “The software will be migrated from the current system to an AWS system,” he said. That migration will allow Powell to operate and control signals within its jurisdiction while also viewing and analyzing corridor performance data from adjacent jurisdictions, staff said.
Council materials list Powell's proportional cost share for the initial migration at a little over $43,000. Aaron said Delaware County will own and operate the centralized system, and the City of Powell will be a component of the broader county-hosted deployment.
Councilmembers thanked staff for the work; during discussion members asked whether the initial deployment would be citywide (staff said the first deployment focuses on the Sawmill corridor with later, phased expansion) and about timeline. Aaron said staff expects the initial corridor deployment to be completed by the end of the year, subject to verification.
Public comment on the resolution was opened and none was offered. A motion to adopt the resolution carried by voice vote; council recorded “aye” to adopt Resolution 2025-13.
The agreement is intended to support signal performance analysis, improved coordination of preemption for emergency response and future upgrades such as additional detection or software features.
