Toledo public utilities leaders outline multiple maintenance projects, request spending authority

Doug Stevens, director of Public Utilities, and department commissioners presented a package of maintenance and capital requests to the Toledo City Council during the May 27 agenda review. The items included a matching grant application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild three belt filter presses at a water reclamation facility, a $350,000 hydrant replacement program, and multiple appropriations for pumps, motors and spare parts at the Collins Park and Bayview water facilities.

The package covered routine annual procurements and targeted repairs. "Number 1 is an agreement with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a grant that will provide assistance in rebuilding 3 belt filter presses at [the] water reclamation facility," Stevens said, noting the grant is a 20/80 matching arrangement. Stevens also described an annual brass fittings contract estimated at $425,000 from the operating fund and a…