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Urbana council approves purchase orders for wastewater chemicals, US‑68 resurfacing share and airport engineering
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Urbana City Council approved three board-of-control purchase orders — blanket purchase orders for 2025, a $189,900 not-to-exceed payment for the city’s share of ODOT US‑68 resurfacing, and a $50,380 engineering agreement for an airport beacon project — and later passed related ODOT final-approval resolution 2705-25.
The Urbana City Council on Jan. 21 approved multiple board-of-control purchase orders tied to city operations and infrastructure and passed a companion resolution authorizing final approval with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT).
Council approved a blanket purchase order list for 2025 that the board of control recommended; the council vote was recorded as unanimous. The list covers recurring purchase needs for departments and is charged to amounts already included in the 2025 budget, according to the packet materials presented to council.
The council then authorized a purchase order not to exceed $189,900 for the city’s share of improvements to U.S. Route 68 through ODOT’s urban resurfacing program. Packet documents included ODOT’s pre-bid estimated share of $158,252; the purchase order includes a 20 percent contingency to cover potential bid increases. Carrie, a city staff member who presented the project materials, said the city’s project was…
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