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City secured $75,000 H2 Ohio grant toward $92,000 salt brine maker to reduce salt use
Summary
Officials discussed a new salt brine maker that lets the city produce 17–20% brine and reduces bulk salt use; the equipment cost $92,000 and was partly funded by a $75,000 H2 Ohio grant, with procurement run through the Department of Transportation bid process and City Commission approval.
Springfield has added a salt brine maker to its winter-operations toolkit, and the city secured a state grant to cover most of the equipment cost.
The host noted the equipment cost and grant: "we got this new equipment, which was $92,000, but you secured a $75,000 grant," and the public-works staff member confirmed the award came through the governor’s H2 Ohio grant program. The staff member said producing brine locally allows the city to set an accurate salt-to-water ratio (about 17–20 percent), "and being having it made exactly makes it more effective, and you use less salt."
The staff member described the procurement timeline: the city begins planning in March, joins the state Department of Transportation’s bid process to achieve better pricing, then seeks City Commission approval before purchasing and filling the salt barn in late July or August.
City officials said the brine maker helps apply salt more effectively and can extend the useful temperature range of deicing treatments when used with additives discussed on the program. No formal City Commission vote or appropriation was recorded on the program during the radio segment.
