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City staff briefs council on source-water protection contract and other utility updates
Summary
Staff updated council on a two-year Source Water Protection Program contract with the City of Dayton and Montgomery County Public Health to protect the Great Miami Buried Aquifer (covering roughly 67% of Riverside); manager also previewed a Colliers property-management contract, an opt-out natural-gas aggregation with AEP via SOPEC at about 6.3–6.4¢, and a solid-waste transition calendar.
City staff presented an update on the Source Water Protection Program and several administrative and utility items at the Dec. 1 Riverside City Council meeting.
Naya Holtz (community development/staff) described the program the city runs in partnership with the City of Dayton and Montgomery County Public Health to protect the Great Miami Buried Aquifer, which she described as a regional sole-source aquifer supplying drinking water to about 1.6 million people. Holtz said roughly 67% of Riverside is within the source-water protection area and staff work with Montgomery County Public Health to inspect businesses (95 businesses cited historically) and provide education, outreach and monitoring-well oversight. She noted two Superfund sites in or adjacent to Riverside: Long Valley Pipe (managed by Ohio EPA) and a brownfield at the Danish Trade Landfill; she said the city received a draft two-year contract from Dayton, which has completed legal review and is pending a final version for council consideration at a subsequent meeting.
City Manager then previewed a separate property-management contract renewal with Colliers for building maintenance (no substantive changes but a modest monthly increase; the total contract amount was stated as under $32,000 in council remarks, with the period for that amount not specified in the discussion). He also announced that the city’s supplier (SOPEC) locked a natural-gas aggregation rate slightly below a neighboring aggregator (MVCC) and that AEP will serve as the provider; the program will be opt-out and residents will receive mailers with enrollment and opt-out information. Finally, staff showed an online calendar and described door-to-door distribution of information about an upcoming solid-waste service transition, with social-media posts and printed materials to follow.
Holtz and several councilmembers emphasized the program’s regional importance and staff thanked partner agencies; the city will bring the final Dayton contract to council in a future meeting for approval.
