Moraine Council unanimously approves memberships, fleet purchases, ODOT resurfacing participation and multiple board appointments

MORAINE, Ohio — The Moraine City Council on Jan. 9 approved a series of routine but administratively significant measures, including memberships, equipment purchases, preliminary participation in an Ohio Department of Transportation resurfacing project and a slate of appointments to city boards and commissions.

The council approved payment of $1,132 to continue the city's membership in the Ohio Municipal League and authorized a five-year agreement with Walter H. Drain Company to provide quarterly codified ordinance supplements and related online hosting. Council members also approved acceptance of a proposal from Sourceville (formerly NIPA) to purchase a Pelican street sweeper and related equipment at a total price of $309,239.30; the purchase was described in the meeting packet as a budgeted capital item.

In other equipment actions, the council approved several purchases of 2024 Ram pickup trucks for the street division and associated upfitting contracts with Kaleida Truck Equipment Inc. The council record includes multiple summary lines for Ram model numbers where staff noted typographical errors in the packet; the resolutions themselves were described by staff as correct. The meeting record shows council approval of three separate truck-related resolutions (prices and upfitting amounts appear in the packet;…