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Euclid Board of Control approves requisitions for police training, IT and equipment upgrades
Summary
The Board of Control on Sept. 29 approved a package of requisitions including $15,838.92 for three police cadets’ tuition, $12,540 for City Hall computer replacements and multiple street and wastewater purchases. All motions passed by voice vote; Councilman Tanner was excused.
The Euclid Board of Control voted Monday, Sept. 29, to approve a series of requisitions covering police training, information-technology upgrades, street maintenance and wastewater equipment.
Finance staff presented the slate of purchases during the meeting. Among the items approved were $15,838.92 from the general fund to pay tuition at Lorain County Community College Police Academy for three cadets; $12,540 from the general fund to replace roughly 14 City Hall computers as part of a Windows 11 upgrade; and smaller operational and equipment purchases for traffic signal and street repairs and wastewater plant supplies.
"The first requisition is Chagrin Valley Dispatch in the amount of $5,569.64 from the general fund," finance staff said, describing the payment for a Motorola mobile radio for the fire department. Captain Hauser later confirmed the tuition requisition for the police cadets, saying it covers current cadets attending the academy.
Other approved items included: - $50,000 from the street maintenance and construction fund for signal and sign repair services; - $5,997.22 from the general fund for stainless steel shields for a salt spreader unit; - $33,949.07 from the general fund for additional work to upgrade a plow truck’s salt-delivery system; - $25,000 from the street maintenance and construction fund as a drawdown for traffic signs and repairs; - $40,000 from the wastewater treatment fund to buy polymers for the Lakeland plant; - $26,245 from the wastewater treatment fund to purchase a new forklift for the Lakeshore plant Headworks building; and - $7,938.49 from the equipment replacement fund for a replacement bladder in the non-potable water expansion tank at the Lakeshore headworks.
Procedural motions included approving the minutes from the Sept. 22 meeting (moved by Director Cooney, seconded by Director Kroger Myers) and a motion to excuse Councilman Tanner (moved by Director Stevens, seconded by Director Smith). All motions on the agenda were adopted on voice votes.
The board adjourned after the approvals; Director Stevens moved to adjourn, seconded by Director Smith.
