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Finance committee approves multiple contracts, grants and routine items including legal services, obsolete equipment sale and Midway change order
Summary
The Elyria Finance Committee approved a package of routine finance actions including a labor counsel contract renewal, auctioning obsolete equipment, grant application for a fire apparatus, a $1,139,114 design contract for the CMG complex and a $21,034.52 change order for Midway Boulevard resurfacing.
The Elyria Finance Committee considered and approved a package of routine finance and administrative items, including contract renewals, grant applications and project change orders.
Key items approved included: - A contract renewal with Retzel and Andrus (labor counsel/Susan Anderson) for 2025 with an authorization not to exceed $130,000; an emergency clause was requested and the motion carried. Staff noted a modest hourly increase. - A resolution finding obsolete city equipment unfit for municipal use and authorizing disposal through GovDeals (COVID‑related expired masks were disposed; other new‑in‑box items will be auctioned). - Authorization to apply for and accept the 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to support apparatus purchase; staff noted a likely FEMA grant share with a 10% city match obligation if awarded. - A professional‑services contract with Strollo (Strollo) Architects for engineering and architectural services to design the new CMG complex; staff said funds are available in the public‑works construction fund and cited a contract value of $1,139,114. - A contract with Republic Services for landfill/trash disposal services (to document and lock in rates/commitments for landfill usage). - Change Order No. 1 for the 2024 OPWC Midway Boulevard resurfacing project to use additional grant funds for supplemental work; change order amount $21,034.52 (OPWC share $15,565.54; city share $5,468.98).
Each matter was read in committee and approved by voice vote. Committee members also discussed distribution of referral packets to all council members for transparency (particularly for demolition and finance referral materials).
Why it matters: These approvals cover legal services, capital‑project design, solid‑waste contracts and grant applications; together they shape the city’s near‑term capital work and administrative contracting.
Votes at a glance (selected items): Retzel & Andrus renewal — approved (emergency); GovDeals disposal ordinance — approved; AFG application — approved; Strollo Architects contract ($1,139,114) — approved (emergency); Republic Services contract — approved; Midway change order ($21,034.52) — approved.
