Sylvania Council approves multiple infrastructure contracts, equipment purchases and $46,250 settlement

SYLVANIA, Ohio — The Sylvania City Council on March 3 approved a package of construction contracts, equipment purchases and other measures that city officials said implement projects planned in the 2025 budget.

The actions included awarding bids for a Centennial Road sanitary sewer extension and a full water-line replacement and resurfacing on Silvertown Drive, approving a $939,320.75 contract for the Silvertown project and a $61,185 contract for the Centennial sewer extension, authorizing purchase of a closed-circuit television (CCTV) sewer inspection truck, accepting a traffic-signal improvement bid for Monroe/Main/Summit, approving additional engineering for the Sylvania Avenue pump station replacement, authorizing signage and lighting for the municipal building, approving a one-year fireworks contract, moving forward with electric aggregation procurement, making a parks/recreation board appointment, authorizing sale of obsolete IT equipment, scheduling a safety-committee meeting to review a police drone proposal, and approving a settlement of $46,250.

Why this matters: Council members and staff said the contracts finalize work already included in the 2025 capital plan and will deliver planned water, sewer, street and traffic-signal upgrades, add in-house sewer-inspection capability, maintain community events and move forward several smaller capital investments.

City officials said Ohio Excavating of Holland, Ohio, was the low bidder for both the Centennial Road sanitary sewer extension (lowest bid $61,185) and the Silvertown Drive full water-line replacement and resurfacing (low bid $939,320.75). Mr. Shaw, a city staff member who presented the projects, said the Centennial extension will install an 8-inch sanitary sewer crossing Centennial Road near Doyle Drive to serve additional west-side residents and that the work was budgeted from the sewer account (702). He said Ohio Excavating had previously done emergency and contract work for the city and that the Centennial bid was “a touch over” the engineer's estimate but within an acceptable range.

Council member Mr. Madison introduced ordinance 31-2025 to accept Ohio Excavating's bid and appropriate $61,185 for the Centennial sanitary sewer extension;…