Medina — The Medina City Council finance committee approved a series of consent and capital items covering museum accounting, software, vehicle acquisitions, construction and maintenance contracts, and property agreements.

Key approvals included creation of a new fund (Number 133) for the Town and Indian House Museum after staff described minimal accounting work and the need for state authorization; a blanket PO for the building/planning permit software Clarity Cloud at an increased cost of $21,073 (split two-thirds building, one-third planning); and police vehicle purchase (four cruisers) with an estimated trade-in value of $18,500.

City staff Nino explained two major fleet purchases the committee approved: a 2027 Freightliner plow truck with chassis purchased via the Ohio Department of Transportation state bid (cab/chassis $113,961) and equipment from Henderson for a total truck cost of $238,449 (a $61,000 savings versus earlier quotes), and a 2026 rear-load 25-cubic-yard garbage truck using a leach body designed for longer durability.

Other items approved included an increase to $28,002.60 to the PO for construction engineering to install a fire line to the new municipal courthouse (shared with the court), an extension of rail-inspection services with Fritz Romer Cook Co after the city’s previous firm closed, acceptance of a third easement needed for the Medina Street Bridge replacement, acceptance of a memorandum of agreement allowing a fence at 721 South Court Street to cross the sanitary sewer (with county contingencies), and annual software support spend (annual amount discussed).

Quotes from staff: Andrew (building department) said the permit software cost rose due to storage and is split across departments. “This is our annual permit software for building and planning…due to storage requirements to $21,073,” he said. Nino said the complete plow-truck cost was “$238,449 for the complete truck, which actually is a savings of $61,000.”

What happens next: standard procurement and contract documentation will be completed and purchase orders issued; staff will return to council as needed for contract renewals or additional appropriations.