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Mason City Council approves parks mowing contract, street‑lighting work, Safe Streets safety plan and several budget ordinances
Summary
During its Dec. 8 meeting the council authorized a BrightView parks mowing contract (citing approximately $56,000 annual operating savings), approved Duke Energy lighting work for Mason Road (not to exceed $97,500), accepted a Safe Streets for All contract with American Structure Point (not to exceed $160,535, with about $128,000 federal grant funding), and adopted budget reappropriation and supplemental appropriation ordinances.
Mason City Council on Dec. 8 approved a slate of public works contracts and budget adjustments intended to support parks maintenance, corridor lighting, pedestrian safety planning and fiscal housekeeping for the 2025 budget year.
Parks mowing contract: Staff recommended authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with BrightView Landscapes LLC for 2026 parks mowing and landscape services. City staff said privatizing mowing for larger parks (excluding high‑attention sports fields) would save the city roughly $56,000 a year in operating costs and allow the city to defer certain capital equipment purchases. After a brief council discussion the ordinance authorizing the contract was adopted following a motion to suspend the rules.
Street lighting: Council authorized a contract with Duke Energy Ohio Inc. in an amount not to exceed $97,500 to install and maintain streetlights along the Mason Road corridor, including upgrades at a roundabout to improve pedestrian crossings. Staff said the proposal uses utility-owned poles and cobra‑style…
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