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Council approves 2025 pavement contracts, waterline project bidding and several service agreements
Summary
Strongsville council suspended rules and adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions authorizing contracts and bid advertisements for pavement reconstruction, street maintenance, and waterline replacement; council also confirmed a planning commission reappointment and a cemetery-burial-rights transfer.
The Strongsville City Council on April 7 voted to approve a set of public-works contracts and to authorize advertising for bids on a waterline replacement project. The council also confirmed a planning commission reappointment and approved a transfer of burial-right certificates for the municipal cemetery.
Key infrastructure items included a contract award for the city—s 2025 pavement reconstruction program and several service contracts and bid solicitations for pavement, striping, street sweeping and waterline work. Council members said funds are certified for these items and the law department confirmed the ordinances and resolutions were in proper legal form.
Planning, Zoning & Engineering Committee chair Mr. Spring summarized the largest item as an ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a contract for the 2025 pavement reconstruction program. The bid selected was from Fabrizi Trucking and Paving and was described in committee as a contract "not to exceed $1,756,979." The council voted to suspend the rules and adopt the ordinance; the motion to suspend and adopt was moved by Mr. Carbone and seconded by Mr. Kaminski and the measure passed unanimously among members present.
Public Service and Conservation Committee chair Miss Roth presented four ordinances and one resolution to permit the mayor to enter contracts or advertise for bids: a ready-mix concrete supply contract with Medina Supply Company (ordinance 2025035), a materials-and-services contract for paint striping with American Roadway Logistics (ordinance 2025036), a street-sweeping contract for 2025-26 (ordinance 2025037), authorization to solicit bids for general pavement services (resolution 2025038), and a resolution to transfer burial-right certificates (resolution 2025039). Committee members noted these are routine service contracts and that outsourcing (for example, street sweeping) reflected prior financial analyses because equipment and labor costs make internal provision less affordable.
Finance Director Mr. Dean certified that funds are available for the ordinances and resolutions on the agenda requiring certification; Law Director Mr. Jamieson confirmed the items are in proper legal form. Each public-works item passed on roll-call votes that were unanimous among members present.
The council also confirmed the mayor—s reappointment of Kim Varas to a four-year term on the city—s Planning Commission, effective April 4, 2025, through April 3, 2029. The motion was moved and seconded by Mr. Carbone and Mr. Kaminski and carried on roll call.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance 202533 (2025 pavement reconstruction program) — authorizes mayor to enter contract with Fabrizi Trucking and Paving, bid not to exceed $1,756,979; motion to suspend and adopt (mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski); vote: Spring: yes; Short: yes; Carbone: yes; Kaminski: yes; Kozak: yes; Roth: yes; outcome: adopted. - Resolution 2025034 — authorize advertising for bids for Tawny Brook Lane and Trillium Trail waterline replacement (includes restoration of pavement, catch basins and landscape); suspend and adopt (mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski); vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. - Ordinance 2025035 — contract with Medina Supply Company for purchase and delivery of ready-mix concrete; suspend and adopt; mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. (contract amount: not specified in transcript) - Ordinance 2025036 — contract for paint striping materials and services with American Roadway Logistics; suspend and adopt; mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. - Ordinance 2025037 — contract for street sweeping services for 2025-26; suspend and adopt; mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. - Resolution 2025038 — authorize advertising for bids for general pavement services for 2025; suspend and adopt; mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. - Resolution 2025039 — transfer of burial-right certificates in Strongsville Municipal Cemetery; suspend and adopt; mover: Mr. Carbone; second: Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present; outcome: adopted. - Reappointment: Kim Varas — reappointed to Planning Commission for a four-year term effective 04/04/2025—04/03/2029; moved by Mr. Carbone, seconded by Mr. Kaminski; vote: unanimous among members present.
Council discussion on several of the service contracts was brief and procedural; Miss Roth remarked that many communities outsource street sweeping because equipment and labor costs make in-house provision costly. No public comment was recorded on these items during the meeting. Finance staff certified availability of funds before votes and the law director confirmed legal form.
