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Council committees consider higher budgets for park restroom, courts; signal upgrades and bridge rehabilitation planned
Summary
Committee meetings on Jan. 13 covered requests to increase authorized expenditures for a West State Street park restroom and tennis/pickleball courts, a proposed East State Street signal upgrade funded partly by ODOT, and major rehabilitation work on the Stimpson Avenue bridge plus maintenance for Richland Avenue and Strouds Run bridges.
Committee members reviewed several city infrastructure items on Jan. 13 that would increase project budgets or begin multi-year construction work.
West State Street park restroom: The City and Safety Services Committee discussed an amendment to ordinance 15-22 to increase the authorized expenditure for a prefabricated West State Street ballfields restroom facility to $300,000. City staff and the mayor said repeated bidding produced either very high bids or no bids for a site-built restroom and that a prefabricated unit is a cost-effective alternative; the administration said installation will likely occur in summer 2025 and probably not before the Sandlot season begins.
Tennis and pickleball courts: The committee reviewed an amendment to ordinance 56-22 to increase authorized expenditures for resurfacing and…
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