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Public works director outlines proposed five-year equipment lease and lift-station study
Summary
The director of public service and safety told the Fostoria City Council the project team has added a proposed five-year lease for a multi-use machine (referred to in the transcript as "vector/NuVektor") estimated at about $50,000 per year to the FY2026 budget and a $29,000 study for the Stearns Road Lift Station; he also reported a sweeper is under insurance inspection after a malfunction and crews managed recent snow operations without it.
The Fostoria director of public service and safety briefed the council on proposed additions to next year’s budget and recent public-works activity. He said the city reconvened the project team and plans to include two items in the FY2026 budget.
First, staff discussed leasing a multi-use machine referred to in the meeting as a “vector” or “NuVektor”; the director characterized the proposal as a five-year lease he estimated would cost roughly $50,000 per year to be paid from water and sewer funds. He described the equipment as permitting more precise work, enabling two crews to operate simultaneously and supporting hydro excavation and other utility tasks. The director said the lease would spread payments over five years to reduce annual budget impact.
Second, he reported a $29,000 engineering study for the Stearns Road Lift Station has been included in planning to assess aging lift stations and recommend next steps.
On fleet maintenance, the director said an existing street sweeper is under review by an insurance adjuster and may receive a forensic inspection to determine what went wrong. He added that crews completed snow-clearing operations effectively during a recent storm without the sweeper and praised staff performance.
The director said the finance director circulated a November 26 revision to pertinent ordinances that reflects these changes; council later moved to replace earlier ordinance language with the Nov. 26 version and to suspend three-reading rules before final adoption.
What happens next: The proposed lease and Stearns Road study were incorporated into ordinance language the council adopted during the meeting; lease terms and any procurement documents will require additional administrative steps and possible contract approvals not detailed on the record.
