Council approves $552,104 emergency engineering agreement and several infrastructure contracts

Perrysburg City Council on 2025-05-06 approved multiple infrastructure contracts and resolutions, including an emergency authorization for engineering services with US Utility Contractors Co. not to exceed $552,104.71 and a $176,700 design services agreement with DGL for combined multi‑use path projects.

The Utilities and Service committees reported routine approvals and bids: a Griffin Pavement Striping LLC contract for pavement marking work (with a requested 10% contingency), an M & M Foam Works contract to provide lifting, grinding and replacement for city sidewalks under an as‑needed arrangement, and a contract with US Utility Contractors for traffic signal improvements at Indiana Avenue and Elm Street and Indiana Avenue and East Boundary Street. The traffic signal work will be coordinated with ODOT schedules and the downtown revitalization project; one resurfacing by ODOT (800 feet of State Route 65 at Stonecroft Drive) was noted as no cost to the city but time‑sensitive.

Council members and committee chairs said some items were declared emergency measures to avoid delaying outside agencies’ timelines (for example, ODOT resurfacing) or to align with grant/contract deadlines. The DGL design agreement bundles three multi‑use path projects to save cost and ensure consistent design; the committee recommended forwarding the design agreement to council after a pending finance committee budget adjustment.

The council also approved two emergency ordinances authorizing encroachment easements and the release/termination of certain easements on private properties (Ordinances 82‑2025 and 83‑2025) to address driveway access and property development issues.

Council directed administration to proceed with the awarded contracts and to return to the finance committee when budget adjustments are required.