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Commission approves city manager’s recommendations, including first large solar array and $8.3M police station GMP
Summary
The Dayton City Commission approved the city manager’s recommendations by voice vote, adding a $990,421 lighting contract for Main Street and approving multiple service contracts including a 5 MW solar array project intended to save the city an estimated $4 million over the project lifetime.
The Dayton City Commission unanimously approved a slate of city manager recommendations that add a professional services agreement for downtown lighting and move forward construction and energy projects including the city’s first large solar array at the Miami water treatment facility.
City staff added an item to the meeting agenda for a professional services agreement with Graybar Electric Company for Main Street lighting upgrades; the city manager said the contract is for $990,421 and will be paid from previously approved NATO project funds. The commission approved the manager’s recommendations by voice vote.
City staff also presented several contracts and amendments: a construction manager at-risk contract amendment with Broombra Construction for the West Dayton police station (a guaranteed maximum price not to exceed $8,300,000), an award of contract to LJ DeWeese for Wayne Avenue traffic calming for $373,306 covering the stretch from Fifth Street to U.S. 35, and a service agreement with IGS Energy for the city’s first utility-scale solar array to power the Miami water treatment facility.
Meg Maloney of the city’s sustainability office described the solar project as "the city of Dayton's first solar array, that will be powering our Miami water treatment facility." She said a feasibility study identified a 4–6 megawatt range; the city settled on a 5-megawatt array sited on roughly 20–30 acres. Maloney said the array is estimated to offset about 38 percent of the facility’s energy load and to produce the equivalent of powering 781 homes for a year. Using tax credits and negotiated terms, staff estimate the project will save the city about $4,000,000 over the lifetime of the project and reach payback in an estimated three to five years.
Maloney and staff said the solar project also improves resiliency for a critical drinking-water facility by helping ensure continued pumping after extreme weather damage. Commissioners expressed broad support for the project and for the suite of manager recommendations; several thanked staff for pursuing both environmental and fiscal benefits.
Clerk-read items later in the meeting included a first reading of ordinance No. 32141-25 to vacate Hickory Street from the Western Tenuous to Alberta Street, and resolution No. 6851-25 authorizing acceptance of a $165,675 aggregate grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the city. The clerk recorded no registered public speakers on the city manager’s agenda items.
The commission moved and seconded approval of the city manager’s recommendations; the mayor called for the voice vote, and the motion passed with all members voting aye.
